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title: If floods, famine and revolts all came in the same years, what would… — China: five thousand years and the old… · tree and pragmatics
description: If floods, famine and revolts all came in the same years, what would people under the Zhou think? Test 5 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 question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 5 · China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties

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If floods, famine and revolts all came in the same years, what would people under the Zhou think?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** revolt, come, think · **To what, where:** floods, same years

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This is test 5 of lesson 51 «China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties» 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/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:t5:1
# text = If floods, famine and revolts all came in the same years, what would people under the Zhou think?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	floods	flood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	famine	famine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	revolts	revolt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
16	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
17	under	under	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Zhou	Zhou	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revolt** | present |  | floods and famine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  | year |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | would | people under the Zhou | the same years |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Nothing would change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:t5:o1:1
# text = Nothing would change
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Heaven was very pleased

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:t5:o2:1
# text = Heaven was very pleased
1	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Heaven |  |  |  |  | pleased *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The ruler would rule for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:t5:o3:1
# text = The ruler would rule for ever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | would | the ruler |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The ruler might have lost the Mandate of Heaven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:t5:o4:1
# text = The ruler might have lost the Mandate of Heaven
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Mandate	Mandate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | might · perfect | the ruler | the Mandate of Heaven |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mandate=Eventuality |

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