--- title: The teacher says the Qin built the Wall; Mei says the Ming. Who is r… — China: the First Emperor, the Terracot… · tree and pragmatics description: The teacher says the Qin built the Wall; Mei says the Ming. Who is right? 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Who is right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, Qin, Mei · **What happens:** say, build, be · **To what, where:** Wall · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The teacher says the Qin built the Wall; Mei says the Ming. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t5:1 # text = The teacher says the Qin built the Wall; Mei says the Ming. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Qin Qin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Wall Wall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 Mei Mei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the teacher | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **build** | past | the Qin | the Wall | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Product | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mei | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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:* Who is right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t5:2 # text = Who is right? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Only Mei ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t5:o1:1 # text = Only Mei 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 Mei Mei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Only the teacher ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t5:o2:1 # text = Only the teacher 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Neither; the Romans built it ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t5:o3:1 # text = Neither; the Romans built it 1 Neither neither ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Romans Roman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 built build VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past | the Romans | it | | | | neither *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Both partly; different dynasties built different parts ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t5:o4:1 # text = Both partly; different dynasties built different parts 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 2 partly partly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dynasties dynasty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past | both different dynasties | different parts | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset part=Product | **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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