--- title: Ascertain the principal reason for which the main tomb of the First… — China: the First Emperor, the Terracot… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the principal reason for which the main tomb of the First Emperor remains unopened. Exam question 3 of lesson 52 «China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Great Wall» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall/e3/) [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: the First Emperor, the Terracot…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Grea… Ascertain the principal reason for which the main tomb of the First Emperor remains unopened. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, main tomb · **What happens:** ascertain, remain · **To what, where:** principal reason This is exam question 3 of lesson 52 «China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Great Wall» 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/52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the principal reason for which the main tomb of the First Emperor remains unopened. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl _ _ 15 unopened unopened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **remain** | present | the main tomb of the First Emperor | | | | | for the principal reason; unopened *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Its submersion beneath the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:e3:o1:1 # text = Its submersion beneath the sea 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 submersion submersion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **submerse** | | Its *= it* | | | | | beneath the sea | nom submersion «event transitive»: poss=agent beneath=obl | ### Option 2 {#o2} Its contents having been removed in antiquity ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:e3:o2:1 # text = Its contents having been removed in antiquity 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 contents contents NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 antiquity antiquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remove** | gerund · perfect · passive | | Its contents | | antiquity | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The preservation of its contents by archaeologists ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:e3:o3:1 # text = The preservation of its contents by archaeologists 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 preservation preservation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 contents contents NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 2 nmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 archaeologists archaeologist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **preserve** | | archaeologists | preservation's contents | | | | | nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} A curse attested by scientific inquiry ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:e3:o4:1 # text = A curse attested by scientific inquiry 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 attested attest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 scientific scientific ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 inquiry inquiry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attest** | participle | | a curse *not said here* | | | | by scientific inquiry | tree rules | **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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