--- title: Mei says the Tang was the richest country on Earth. What is safer to… — China: the Silk Road and the Tang · tree and pragmatics description: Mei says the Tang was the richest country on Earth. What is safer to say? Test 5 · ★ 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · China: the Silk Road and the Tang Mei says the Tang was the richest country on Earth. What is safer to say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, Tang · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** richest country, Earth · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mei says the Tang was the richest country on Earth. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t5:1 # text = Mei says the Tang was the richest country on Earth. 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Tang Tang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 richest rich ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mei | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | the Tang | the richest country | | Earth | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is safer to say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t5:2 # text = What is safer to say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 safer safe ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The only rich country ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t5:o1:1 # text = The only rich country ever 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} One of the great powers; Chang'an was among the largest cities ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t5:o2:1 # text = One of the great powers; Chang'an was among the largest cities 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 Chang'an Chang'an PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 among among ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 12 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Chang'an | | | | | among the largest cities | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} A small poor village ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t5:o3:1 # text = A small poor village 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Richer than all the other countries of the world put together, by far ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t5:o4:1 # text = Richer than all the other countries of the world put together, by far 1 Richer rich ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 2 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 11 together together ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put together** | participle | | all other countries of the world *not said here* | | | | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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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