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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — China: the four great inventions · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the earliest dated printed book. Exam question 2 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 cho
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# Exam question 2 · China: the four great inventions

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the earliest dated printed book.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, date, print · **To what, where:** response, earliest dated printed book

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the earliest dated printed book.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
12	dated	date	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
13	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the earliest dated printed book |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus book=Experiencer |
| 4 | **date** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **print** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 Jikji, printed with metal type in 1377

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:e2:o1:1
# text = The Jikji, printed with metal type in 1377
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Jikji	Jikji	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1377	1377	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | participle |  | the Jikji *not said here* |  | 1377 |  | with metal type | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in 1377=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Bible printed by Gutenberg in the city of Mainz circa 1450

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:e2:o2:1
# text = The Bible printed by Gutenberg in the city of Mainz circa 1450
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Gutenberg	Gutenberg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Mainz	Mainz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	circa	circa	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1450	1450	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | participle · passive | Gutenberg | the Bible |  | the city of Mainz |  | circa 1450 | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in city=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A Roman almanac of the first century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:e2:o3:1
# text = A Roman almanac of the first century
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	almanac	almanac	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The Diamond Sutra, printed in 868 and recovered at Dunhuang

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:e2:o4:1
# text = The Diamond Sutra, printed in 868 and recovered at Dunhuang
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Diamond	Diamond	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Sutra	Sutra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	868	868	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
9	recovered	recover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Dunhuang	Dunhuang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | participle |  | the Diamond Sutra *not said here* |  | 868 |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in 868=Destination |
| 2 | **recover** | past | the Diamond Sutra |  |  | Dunhuang |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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