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title: Mei says English named porcelain «china» after her country. What cam… — China: the four great inventions · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei says English named porcelain «china» after her country. What came first? Test 5 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.
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# Test 5 · China: the four great inventions

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Mei says English named porcelain «china» after her country. What came first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mei · **What happens:** say, name, come · **To what, where:** English named porcelain · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei says English named porcelain «china» after her country.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:t5:1
# text = Mei says English named porcelain «china» after her country.
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	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	porcelain	porcelain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	china	china	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 | English named porcelain |  |  | after Mei's country |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent porcelain=Topic |
| 2 | **name** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What came first?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:t5:2
# text = What came first?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Neither word is old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:t5:o1:1
# text = Neither word is old
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | neither word |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The country's name; porcelain was named after it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:t5:o2:1
# text = The country's name; porcelain was named after it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	porcelain	porcelain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | past · passive |  | name porcelain |  |  | after country |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **name** |  | the country |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The porcelain; the country later took its name from the cups

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:t5:o3:1
# text = The porcelain; the country later took its name from the cups
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	porcelain	porcelain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the porcelain and the country | country's name |  | the cups |  | late *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent name=Theme from cup=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **name** |  | country |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:53-china-the-four-great-inventions:t5:o4:1
# text = The tea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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