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title: Kid in class shoves someone and says "Confucius said be strong". Wha… — Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk R… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kid in class shoves someone and says "Confucius said be strong". What would Confucius really say? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius

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Kid in class shoves someone and says "Confucius said be strong". What would Confucius really say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kid, Confucius · **What happens:** shove, say, be · **To what, where:** someone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius» of the history 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/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kid in class shoves someone and says "Confucius said be strong".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t5:1
# text = Kid in class shoves someone and says "Confucius said be strong".
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	shoves	shove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Confucius	Confucius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shove** | present | Kid in class | someone |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kid in class *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Confucius |  |  |  |  | strong *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:* What would Confucius really say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t5:2
# text = What would Confucius really say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Confucius	Confucius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | Confucius |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Push first and ask questions later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t5:o1:1
# text = Push first and ask questions later
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | questions |  |  |  | late *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Do not do to others what you would not want done to you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t5:o2:1
# text = Do not do to others what you would not want done to you
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to others | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **want** | would | you | others |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | participle | you *not said here* |  | you |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Respect only the strong, and let the weak look after themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t5:o3:1
# text = Respect only the strong, and let the weak look after themselves
1	Respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive |  | the weak look |  |  | after themselves *= they* |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Always win every fight you are in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t5:o4:1
# text = Always win every fight you are in
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	win	win	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | imperative | you *not said here* | every fight |  |  |  | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |

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