--- title: Mei says China was always one big country. What would the teacher po… — China: five thousand years and the old… · tree and pragmatics description: Mei says China was always one big country. What would the teacher point to? Test 8 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's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [China: five thousand years and the old…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties/) / t8 # Test 8 · China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties Mei says China was always one big country. What would the teacher point to? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, China · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** one big country · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mei says China was always one big country. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:t8:1 # text = Mei says China was always one big country. 1 Mei Mei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mei | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | China | one big country | | | | always *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What would the teacher point to? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:t8:2 # text = What would the teacher point to? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 1 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Roman Empire ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:t8:o1:1 # text = The Roman Empire 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Roman Roman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Empire Empire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The Warring States, when rival states fought until 221 BC ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:t8:o2:1 # text = The Warring States, when rival states fought until 221 BC 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Warring Warring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 6 rival rival ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 states state NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 until until ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 221 221 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 11 BC BC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | the Warring States | | | | until 221 BC | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The Great Wall, which proves it was one ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:t8:o3:1 # text = The Great Wall, which proves it was one 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Wall Wall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | the Great Wall | Wall | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | the Great Wall | one | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The Moon landing ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:51-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties:t8:o4:1 # text = The Moon landing 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 landing landing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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