--- title: Mei says Li Bai drowned hugging the Moon. What should she add? — China: the Silk Road and the Tang · tree and pragmatics description: Mei says Li Bai drowned hugging the Moon. What should she add? Test 6 · ★ 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. --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · China: the Silk Road and the Tang Mei says Li Bai drowned hugging the Moon. What should she add? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mei, Li · **What happens:** say, drown, hug, add · **To what, where:** Moon · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mei says Li Bai drowned hugging the Moon. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t6:1 # text = Mei says Li Bai drowned hugging the Moon. 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 Li Li PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Bai Bai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 drowned drown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 hugging hug VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **drown** | past | Li | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hug** | gerund | Li *not said here* | the Moon | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Co-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. *Sentence 2:* What should she add? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t6:2 # text = What should she add? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 add add VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | should | Li | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He lived on the Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t6:o1:1 # text = He lived on the Moon 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | He | | | the Moon | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moon=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It is a legend; he probably died of illness ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t6:o2:1 # text = It is a legend; he probably died of illness 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 probably probably ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a legend | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **die** | past | he | a legend *not said here* | | | | of illness; probably *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He never wrote poems ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t6:o3:1 # text = He never wrote poems 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 poems poem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **write** | past | He | poems | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is proven by police reports from the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t6:o4:1 # text = It is proven by police reports from the river 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 proven prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 police police NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 reports report NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present · passive | police reports | It | | the river | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from river=Source | **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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