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title: Mei says no enemy ever got past the Great Wall. What would the teach… — China: the First Emperor, the Terracot… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei says no enemy ever got past the Great Wall. What would the teacher answer? Test 6 · ★ 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; Mova's
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# Test 6 · ★ · China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Grea…

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Mei says no enemy ever got past the Great Wall. What would the teacher answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, enemy, teacher · **What happens:** say, get, answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei says no enemy ever got past the Great Wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t6:1
# text = Mei says no enemy ever got past the Great Wall.
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	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	past	past	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Wall	Wall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | past | no enemy |  |  |  | ever | past the Great Wall | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past wall=Destination |

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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:* What would the teacher answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t6:2
# text = What would the teacher answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | would | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Mongols conquered China and the Manchus came through in 1644

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t6:o1:1
# text = The Mongols conquered China and the Manchus came through in 1644
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Manchus	Manchu	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	through	through	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1644	1644	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conquer** | past | the Mongols | China |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent china=Patient |
| 2 | **come through** | past | the Manchus |  |  | 1644 |  | through *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1644=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Only dragons got past

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t6:o2:1
# text = Only dragons got past
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	past	past	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get past** | past | dragons |  |  |  |  | past *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She is right; nobody got past

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t6:o3:1
# text = She is right; nobody got past
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	past	past	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get past** | past | nobody |  |  |  |  | past *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only the Romans got past, by sailing round the end of it into the sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t6:o4:1
# text = Only the Romans got past, by sailing round the end of it into the sea
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	past	past	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	round	round	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get past** | past | the Romans |  |  |  |  | past *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **sail** | gerund | the Romans *not said here* |  |  | the sea | round the end of end |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent round end=Trajectory |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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