--- title: The teacher uses «Cai Lun invented paper in 105 AD»; Mei read about… — China: the First Emperor, the Terracot… · tree and pragmatics description: The teacher uses «Cai Lun invented paper in 105 AD»; Mei read about older finds. What did both learn? Test 9 · ★ 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 --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Grea… The teacher uses «Cai Lun invented paper in 105 AD»; Mei read about older finds. What did both learn? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, Cai, Mei, both · **What happens:** use, invent, read, find, learn · **To what, where:** paper, 105 · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The teacher uses «Cai Lun invented paper in 105 AD»; Mei read about older finds. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t9:1 # text = The teacher uses «Cai Lun invented paper in 105 AD»; Mei read about older finds. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Cai Cai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 Lun Lun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 invented invent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 105 105 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 11 AD ad NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Mei Mei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 about about SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 amod _ _ 18 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | the teacher | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **invent** *in a quote* | past | Cai | paper | | 105 AD | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Result | | 3 | **read** | past | Mei | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **find** | present | Mei *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: 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:* What did both learn? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t9:2 # text = What did both learn? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 4 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past · do-support | both | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Paper came from Rome ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t9:o1:1 # text = Paper came from Rome 1 Paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Rome Rome PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Paper | | | Rome | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from rome=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Dates can change with new discoveries ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t9:o2:1 # text = Dates can change with new discoveries 1 Dates date NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 discoveries discovery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | can | Dates | | | | | with new discoveries | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Old paper is fake ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t9:o3:1 # text = Old paper is fake 1 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 fake fake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Old paper | | | | | fake *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Books are always wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall:t9:o4:1 # text = Books are always wrong 1 Books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Books | | | | | always, wrong *property* | 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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