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description: Mei says Wu Zetian was the only woman who ruled China. What is the exact version? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · China: the Silk Road and the Tang

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Mei says Wu Zetian was the only woman who ruled China. What is the exact version?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mei, Wu, only woman, exact version · **What happens:** say, be, rule · **To what, where:** only woman, China · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei says Wu Zetian was the only woman who ruled China.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t8:1
# text = Mei says Wu Zetian was the only woman who ruled China.
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	Wu	Wu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	Zetian	Zetian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
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	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	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 |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Wu | the only woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rule** | past | the only woman | China |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent china=Result |

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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 is the exact version?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t8:2
# text = What is the exact version?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the exact version |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The only woman to rule as emperor in her own name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t8:o1:1
# text = The only woman to rule as emperor in her own name
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | woman's own name |  | as emperor | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **name** |  | woman |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No woman ever had power

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t8:o2:1
# text = No woman ever had power
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | no woman | power |  |  | ever |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cixi had the same title

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t8:o3:1
# text = Cixi had the same title
1	Cixi	Cixi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	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	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Cixi | the same title |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent title=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Many women had that title, both before and after her time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t8:o4:1
# text = Many women had that title, both before and after her time
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc:preconj	_	_
8	before	before	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Many women | that title |  |  | time | before *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent title=Patient |

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