--- title: mei reckons china only ever used gunpowder for fireworks. right? — China: the four great inventions · tree and pragmatics description: mei reckons china only ever used gunpowder for fireworks. right? Test 3 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/t3/) [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 four great inventions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/) / t3 # Test 3 · China: the four great inventions mei reckons china only ever used gunpowder for fireworks. right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mei · **What happens:** reckon, use · **To what, where:** china, gunpowder This is test 3 of lesson 53 «China: the four great inventions» 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/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:t3:1 # text = mei reckons china only ever used gunpowder for fireworks. right? 1 mei mei NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 china china NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 6 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 7 gunpowder gunpowder NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 fireworks firework NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 11 right right INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | mei | china | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent china=Attribute | | 2 | **use** | participle | mei *not said here* | gunpowder for fireworks | | | ever | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, it was also used in weapons ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:t3:o1:1 # text = No, it was also used in weapons 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 also also ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past · passive | | it | | weapons | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, only for medicine ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:t3:o2:1 # text = No, only for medicine 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, only for cooking ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:t3:o3:1 # text = Yes, only for cooking 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, only fireworks ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:t3:o4:1 # text = Yes, only fireworks 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 fireworks firework NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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