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title: The teacher says the plague came from China, Mei says from Europe. W… — China: the Song and the Mongols · tree and pragmatics
description: The teacher says the plague came from China, Mei says from Europe. What do scientists now say? Test 8 · ★★ 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 wron
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# Test 8 · ★★ · China: the Song and the Mongols

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The teacher says the plague came from China, Mei says from Europe. What do scientists now say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, plague, Mei, scientists · **What happens:** say, come · **To what, where:** China, Europe · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The teacher says the plague came from China, Mei says from Europe.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t8:1
# text = The teacher says the plague came from China, Mei says from Europe.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** | past | the plague |  |  | China |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from china=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mei |  |  | Europe |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 do scientists now say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t8:2
# text = What do scientists now say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | scientists |  |  |  | now |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Definitely from Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t8:o1:1
# text = Definitely from Europe
1	Definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Definitely from America

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t8:o2:1
# text = Definitely from America
1	Definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It probably started in Central Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t8:o3:1
# text = It probably started in Central Asia
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Central	Central	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
6	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | It |  |  | Central Asia |  | probably *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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From the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t8:o4:1
# text = From the Moon
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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