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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the antiquity of Chinese civilisation. Exam question 1 of lesson 51 «China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 1 · China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the antiquity of Chinese civilisation.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, antiquity

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 51 «China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties» of the history 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/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:e1:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the antiquity of Chinese civilisation.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	civilisation	civilisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the antiquity of Chinese civilisation |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus antiquity=Experiencer |

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

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It ranks among the longest continuous civilisations, although Egyptian statehood is earlier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:e1:o1:1
# text = It ranks among the longest continuous civilisations, although Egyptian statehood is earlier
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ranks	rank	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
6	continuous	continuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	civilisations	civilisation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	statehood	statehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rank** | present | It |  |  |  |  | among the longest continuous civilisations | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Egyptian statehood |  |  |  |  | early *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It constitutes, beyond dispute, the earliest state upon the Earth, preceding Egypt and Sumer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:e1:o2:1
# text = It constitutes, beyond dispute, the earliest state upon the Earth, preceding Egypt and Sumer
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	preceding	precede	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
15	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	Sumer	Sumer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | dispute |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dispute=Pivot |
| 2 | **precede** | gerund |  | Egypt and Sumer |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme egypt=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its written records commence five thousand years ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:e1:o3:1
# text = Its written records commence five thousand years ago
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	commence	commence	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **commence** | present | Its written records |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **record** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It originated subsequent to the Roman Empire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:e1:o4:1
# text = It originated subsequent to the Roman Empire
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	originated	originate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Roman	Roman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **originate** | past | It |  |  |  |  | to the Roman Empire; subsequent *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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