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title: My brother says the Qing were Chinese from the south. Right? — The Mughals, the Ming and the empires… · tree and pragmatics
description: My brother says the Qing were Chinese from the south. Right? Test 10 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 option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia

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My brother says the Qing were Chinese from the south. Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, Qing · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** south · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 35 «The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia» of the geography 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My brother says the Qing were Chinese from the south.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:t10:1
# text = My brother says the Qing were Chinese from the south.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Qing	Qing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Qing |  |  | the south |  | chinese *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:t10:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, they were Manchus from the north-east

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:t10:o1:1
# text = No, they were Manchus from the north-east
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Manchus	Manchus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | Manchus |  | the north east |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, they were Ming princes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, they were Ming princes
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | Ming princes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, they were Mongols from Persia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:t10:o3:1
# text = No, they were Mongols from Persia
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Persia	Persia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | Mongols |  | Persia |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they came from the far south, near Hong Kong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, they came from the far south, near Hong Kong
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Hong	Hong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	Kong	Kong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | they |  |  | the far south |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from south=Initial\_Location |

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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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