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title: State the policy pursued by the Tokugawa rulers of Japan from the 16… — The Mughals, the Ming and the empires… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the policy pursued by the Tokugawa rulers of Japan from the 1630s with regard to foreign persons. Exam question 4 of lesson 35 «The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 4 · The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia

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State the policy pursued by the Tokugawa rulers of Japan from the 1630s with regard to foreign persons.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** pursue · **To what, where:** State policy, 1630s

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 35 «The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia» of the geography 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:e4:1
# text = State the policy pursued by the Tokugawa rulers of Japan from the 1630s with regard to foreign persons.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	policy	policy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pursued	pursue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Tokugawa	Tokugawa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rulers	ruler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	1630s	1630	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** | participle |  | the State policy *not said here* |  | the 1630s with regard to foreign persons |  | by the Tokugawa rulers of Japan | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by ruler=Trajectory |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Contact was strictly limited, with only Dutch and Chinese traders admitted at Nagasaki

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:e4:o1:1
# text = Contact was strictly limited, with only Dutch and Chinese traders admitted at Nagasaki
1	Contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	strictly	strictly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	limited	limited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	traders	trader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	admitted	admit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Contact |  |  |  |  | limited, strictly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | past | Dutch traders |  |  | Nagasaki |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at nagasaki=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Japan was ceded to the Dutch East India Company

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:e4:o2:1
# text = Japan was ceded to the Dutch East India Company
1	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	ceded	cede	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Company	Company	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cede** | past · passive |  | Japan | the Dutch India Company |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to company=Goal |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only Portuguese traders were permitted to remain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:e4:o3:1
# text = Only Portuguese traders were permitted to remain
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Portuguese	portuguese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	traders	trader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | past · passive |  | Portuguese traders |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All foreign merchants were welcomed without restriction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:e4:o4:1
# text = All foreign merchants were welcomed without restriction
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	welcomed	welcome	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	restriction	restriction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **welcome** | past · passive |  | all foreign merchants |  |  |  | without restriction | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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