Test 10 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

A friend from Singapore says: «China and Taiwan, both called China, so confusing lah — can explain or not?» What explains it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, China · What happens: say, call, explain · To what, where: both, lah · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»» of the politics course of Mova's primary school. 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

Sentence 1: A friend from Singapore says: «China and Taiwan, both called China, so confusing lah — can explain or not?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Singapore	case
4	Singapore	Singapore	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 friend	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 China	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 China	punct
8	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Taiwan	cc
10	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 China	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 called	punct
12	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	13 called	nsubj:pass
13	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 China	acl:relcl
14	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 called	xcomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 lah	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 confusing	advmod
17	confusing	confusing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 lah	amod
18	lah	lah	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 China	conj
19	—	-	PUNCT	_	21 explain	punct
20	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 explain	aux
21	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 not	cc
23	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 explain	conj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 explain	punct
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	a friend from Singapore		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	call in a quote	participle · passive	China and Taiwan and confusing lah not said here	both	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	explain speech: assert in a quote	can			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: What explains it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 explains	nsubj
2	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 explains	obj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 explains	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	present		lah					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

After the 1949 civil war the losing side moved to Taiwan and kept the old name

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	5 war	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 war	det
3	1949	1949	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 war	compound
4	civil	civil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 war	amod
5	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 moved	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
7	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 side	amod
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 moved	nsubj
9	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Taiwan	case
11	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 moved	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 kept	cc
13	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 moved	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 name	det
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 name	amod
16	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	lose	gerund					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	move	past	the losing side		Taiwan	after the 1949 civil war	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to taiwan=Result
3	keep	past	the losing side not said here	the old name			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme

Option 2

A map maker swapped the names

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 maker	det
2	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 maker	compound
3	maker	maker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swapped	nsubj
4	swapped	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 names	det
6	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swapped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	past	a map maker	the names					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme

Option 3

They are the same island

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 island	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 island	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 island	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 island	amod
5	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	the same island					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Taiwan named itself after a restaurant in Beijing that its first president liked to eat at every week

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 named	nsubj
2	named	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 named	obj
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 restaurant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 restaurant	det
6	restaurant	restaurant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 named	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Beijing	case
8	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 restaurant	nmod
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 liked	mark
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 president	nmod:poss
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 president	amod
12	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 liked	nsubj
13	liked	like	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 named	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 eat	mark
15	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 liked	xcomp
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 week	case
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 week	det
18	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	name	past	Taiwan	itself = it	after a restaurant in Beijing	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme
2	like	participle	restaurant's first president			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	restaurant's first president not said here		week	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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