Exam question 2 · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

Identify the event of 1949 from which the two designations «Republic of China» and «People's Republic of China» derive.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, two designations · What happens: identify, derive · To what, where: event

This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 event	det
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 1949	case
5	1949	1949	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 event	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	10 designations	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 designations	nsubj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 designations	det
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 designations	nummod
10	designations	designation	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 derive	nsubj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Republic	punct
12	Republic	Republic	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 designations	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 China	case
14	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Republic	nmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 Republic	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 Republic	cc
17	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 Republic	punct
18	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 Republic	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 People	case
20	Republic	Republic	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Republic	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 China	case
22	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Republic	nmod
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 Republic	punct
24	derive	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the event of 1949					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme
2	derive	present	the two designations						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The conclusion of a civil war, after which the losing government withdrew to Taiwan

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conclusion	det
2	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 withdrew	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 war	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 war	det
5	civil	civil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 war	amod
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conclusion	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 withdrew	punct
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 withdrew	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 government	det
11	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 government	amod
12	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 withdrew	nsubj
13	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 Taiwan	case
15	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 withdrew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	lose	gerund				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	withdraw	past	the conclusion of a civil war		Taiwan	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to taiwan=Initial_Location
3	conclude			a civil war		nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The founding of the Olympic Games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 founding	det
2	founding	founding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Games	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Games	det
5	Olympic	Olympic	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Games	compound
6	Games	Game	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 founding	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found			the Olympic Games					nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The signing of the Charter of the United Nations, which assigned a separate designation to each government

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 signing	det
2	signing	signing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 assigned	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Charter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Charter	det
5	Charter	Charter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 signing	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 Nations	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Nations	det
8	United	United	PROPN	_	9 Nations	compound
9	Nations	Nation	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 Charter	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 assigned	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 assigned	nsubj
12	assigned	assign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 designation	det
14	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 designation	amod
15	designation	designation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 assigned	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 government	case
17	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	18 government	det
18	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 assigned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assign	past	the signing of the Charter of the United Nations	a separate designation				to each government goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent designation=Theme to government=Goal
2	sign			the Charter of the United Nations					nom signing «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The invention of the computer chip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 invention	det
2	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 chip	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chip	det
5	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chip	compound
6	chip	chip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent			the computer chip					nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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