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title: lol mei swears the monkey king walked to india for real. did he? — China: the Silk Road and the Tang · tree and pragmatics
description: lol mei swears the monkey king walked to india for real. did he? Test 4 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · China: the Silk Road and the Tang

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol mei swears the monkey king walked to india for real. did he?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mei, monkey king, king · **What happens:** swear, walk, do

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 54 «China: the Silk Road and the Tang» 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/54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t4:1
# text = lol mei swears the monkey king walked to india for real. did he?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	mei	mei	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swears	swear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	india	india	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
13	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | present | mei |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | past | the monkey king |  |  |  |  | to india *result*; for real | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to india=Result |
| 3 | **do** | past | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The monk Xuanzang did; the Monkey King is from a novel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t4:o1:1
# text = The monk Xuanzang did; the Monkey King is from a novel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Xuanzang	Xuanzang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	novel	novel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the monk |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Monkey King |  |  | a novel |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, nobody went to India

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t4:o2:1
# text = No, nobody went to India
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | nobody |  |  | India |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to india=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Monkey King was an emperor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t4:o3:1
# text = The Monkey King was an emperor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Monkey King | a emperor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the Monkey King was real, and his footprints are still in India

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, the Monkey King was real, and his footprints are still in India
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	footprints	footprint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Monkey King |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | King's footprints |  |  | India |  | still *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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