--- title: The teacher compares Hangzhou with London at that time. What does th… — China: the Song and the Mongols · tree and pragmatics description: The teacher compares Hangzhou with London at that time. What does the gap teach? Test 2 · ★★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols/t2/) [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 Song and the Mongols](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · China: the Song and the Mongols The teacher compares Hangzhou with London at that time. What does the gap teach? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher · **What happens:** compare, do · **To what, where:** Hangzhou This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 55 «China: the Song and the Mongols» 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/55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The teacher compares Hangzhou with London at that time. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t2:1 # text = The teacher compares Hangzhou with London at that time. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 compares compare VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Hangzhou Hangzhou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compare** | present | the teacher | Hangzhou | | | time | with London | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent hangzhou=Patient with london=Co-Patient | 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 does the gap teach? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t2:2 # text = What does the gap teach? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 gap gap NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 teach teach NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Hangzhou was empty ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t2:o1:1 # text = Hangzhou was empty 1 Hangzhou Hangzhou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Hangzhou | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} London was much bigger, with more than a million people ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t2:o2:1 # text = London was much bigger, with more than a million people 1 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 10 advmod _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | London | | | | | with million people; big *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Song cities were far bigger than European ones then ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t2:o3:1 # text = Song cities were far bigger than European ones then 1 Song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 European European ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Song cities | | | | then | than European ones; big, far *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Both were tiny villages ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t2:o4:1 # text = Both were tiny villages 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 villages village NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Both | tiny villages | | | | | tree rules | **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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