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title: Mei: «the First Emperor was the greatest ever». Teacher: «a tyrant».… — China: the First Emperor, the Terracot… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei: «the First Emperor was the greatest ever». Teacher: «a tyrant». What is wisest? Test 1 · ★ 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 each option; 
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# Test 1 · ★ · China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Grea…

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Mei: «the First Emperor was the greatest ever». Teacher: «a tyrant». What is wisest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei · **What happens:** be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 52 «China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Great Wall» 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/52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei: «the First Emperor was the greatest ever».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t1:1
# text = Mei: «the First Emperor was the greatest ever».
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	First	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Mei |  |  |  | ever | great *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:* Teacher: «a tyrant».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t1:2
# text = Teacher: «a tyrant».
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* What is wisest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t1:3
# text = What is wisest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He never really lived

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t1:o1:1
# text = He never really lived
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **live** | participle | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only a great hero

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t1:o2:1
# text = Only a great hero
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He was both a unifier and a harsh tyrant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t1:o3:1
# text = He was both a unifier and a harsh tyrant
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc:preconj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	unifier	unifier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a unifier and a harsh tyrant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only a cruel tyrant who did nothing useful at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t1:o4:1
# text = Only a cruel tyrant who did nothing useful at all
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
8	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | a cruel tyrant | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

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