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title: Mei says «China absorbed the Mongols», the teacher «the Mongols rule… — China: the Song and the Mongols · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei says «China absorbed the Mongols», the teacher «the Mongols ruled China». Wisest? Test 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · China: the Song and the Mongols

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Mei says «China absorbed the Mongols», the teacher «the Mongols ruled China». Wisest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mei, China, teacher · **What happens:** say, absorb, rule · **To what, where:** Mongols, China · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei says «China absorbed the Mongols», the teacher «the Mongols ruled China».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t4:1
# text = Mei says «China absorbed the Mongols», the teacher «the Mongols 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	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	absorbed	absorb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
16	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **absorb** *in a quote* | past | China | the Mongols |  |  |  |  | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal mongol=Theme |
| 3 | **rule** *in a quote* | past | the teacher | 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:* Wisest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t4:2
# text = Wisest?
1	Wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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A Mongol dynasty ruling China through a Chinese-style state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t4:o1:1
# text = A Mongol dynasty ruling China through a Chinese-style state
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Mongol	mongol	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	compound	_	_
3	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	ruling	rule	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | gerund | a Mongol dynasty *not said here* | China |  | a style state |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent china=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Mongols never came

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t4:o2:1
# text = The Mongols never came
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come** | past | the Mongols |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only Mei is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t4:o3:1
# text = Only Mei is right
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mei |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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China conquered Mongolia and made it a province ruled from the south

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t4:o4:1
# text = China conquered Mongolia and made it a province ruled from the south
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Mongolia	Mongolia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	ruled	rule	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conquer** | past | China | Mongolia |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mongolia=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | past | China *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary province=Product |
| 3 | **rule** | participle |  | a province *not said here* |  | the south |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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