--- title: Mei says the Chinese drove out the Mongols in one day. What is true? — China: the Song and the Mongols · tree and pragmatics description: Mei says the Chinese drove out the Mongols in one day. What is true? Test 9 · ★★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · China: the Song and the Mongols Mei says the Chinese drove out the Mongols in one day. What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, Chinese · **What happens:** say, drive out, be · **To what, where:** Mongols · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mei says the Chinese drove out the Mongols in one day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t9:1 # text = Mei says the Chinese drove out the Mongols in one day. 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 5 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Mongols Mongol PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **drive out** | past | the Chinese | the Mongols | | | day | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mongol=Theme | 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 is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t9:2 # text = What is true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Romans drove them out ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t9:o1:1 # text = The Romans drove them out 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Romans Roman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive out** | past | the Romans | them *= they* | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It took one afternoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t9:o2:1 # text = It took one afternoon 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | It | | | | afternoon | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The Mongols are still in charge ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t9:o3:1 # text = The Mongols are still in charge 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mongols Mongol PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Mongols | | | charge | still | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It took years of war after floods, famine and rebellions ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:55-china-the-song-and-the-mongols:t9:o4:1 # text = It took years of war after floods, famine and rebellions 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 floods flood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 rebellions rebellion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | It | | | | after floods and famine and rebellions; year | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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