--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — China: the Silk Road and the Tang · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Wu Zetian. Exam question 3 of lesson 54 «China: the Silk Road and the Tang» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang/e3/) [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 Silk Road and the Tang](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · China: the Silk Road and the Tang Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Wu Zetian. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, Wu Zetian This is exam question 3 of lesson 54 «China: the Silk Road and the Tang» 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/54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Wu Zetian. 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 Wu Wu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Zetian Zetian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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* | Wu Zetian | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus zetian=Experiencer | 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} She held power without the imperial title ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e3:o1:1 # text = She held power without the imperial title 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 without without ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past | She | power | | | | without the imperial title | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She founded the Han dynasty ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e3:o2:1 # text = She founded the Han dynasty 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 founded found VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Han Han PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 dynasty dynasty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **found** | past | She | the Han dynasty | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dynasty=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} She commanded the voyages to Africa ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e3:o3:1 # text = She commanded the voyages to Africa 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 voyages voyage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | She | the voyages | Africa | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent voyage=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She alone among women ruled as emperor in her own name ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e3:o4:1 # text = She alone among women ruled as emperor in her own name 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 among among ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ruled rule VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | past | She | | | her own name | | as emperor; alone *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **name** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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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