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description: Identify the four inventions conventionally designated the four great inventions of China. Exam question 1 of lesson 53 «China: the four great inventions» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro
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# Exam question 1 · China: the four great inventions

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Identify the four inventions conventionally designated the four great inventions of China.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, four inventions · **What happens:** identify, designate, invent · **To what, where:** four great inventions, China

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 53 «China: the four great inventions» 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/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:e1:1
# text = Identify the four inventions conventionally designated the four great inventions of China.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	inventions	invention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	conventionally	conventionally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	designated	designate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	inventions	invention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **designate** | past | the four inventions | the four great inventions of China |  |  |  | conventionally *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invention=Theme |
| 3 | **invent** |  |  | China |  |  |  |  | nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The wheel, the plough, glass and the steam engine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:e1:o1:1
# text = The wheel, the plough, glass and the steam engine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plough	plough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Paper, printing, the magnetic compass and gunpowder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:e1:o2:1
# text = Paper, printing, the magnetic compass and gunpowder
1	Paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	printing	printing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	compass	compass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	gunpowder	gunpowder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Silk, porcelain, tea and the kite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:e1:o3:1
# text = Silk, porcelain, tea and the kite
1	Silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	porcelain	porcelain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chess, pasta, ice cream and football

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:e1:o4:1
# text = Chess, pasta, ice cream and football
1	Chess	chess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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