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title: Ascertain the original signification of the Japanese term kamikaze. — China: the Song and the Mongols · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the original signification of the Japanese term kamikaze. Exam question 4 of lesson 55 «China: the Song and the Mongols» 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.
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# Exam question 4 · China: the Song and the Mongols

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Ascertain the original signification of the Japanese term kamikaze.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, signify · **To what, where:** original signification, Japanese term kamikaze

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 55 «China: the Song and the Mongols» 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/55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the original signification of the Japanese term kamikaze.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	signification	signification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	kamikaze	kamikaze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the original signification of the Japanese term kamikaze |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signification=Topic |
| 2 | **signify** |  |  | the Japanese term kamikaze |  |  |  |  | nom signification «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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The rising sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:e4:o1:1
# text = The rising sun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Imperial fleet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:e4:o2:1
# text = Imperial fleet
1	Imperial	imperial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Brave warrior

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:e4:o3:1
# text = Brave warrior
1	Brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Divine wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:e4:o4:1
# text = Divine wind
1	Divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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