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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the assertion that a Chinese fleet reached America in 1421. Exam question 2 of lesson 56 «China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 2 · China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the assertion that a Chinese fleet reached America in 1421.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, Chinese fleet · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, reach · **To what, where:** response, assertion, America, 1421

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 56 «China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages» 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/56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the assertion that a Chinese fleet reached America in 1421.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl	_	_
17	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	1421	1421	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the assertion |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assertion=Experiencer |
| 4 | **reach** | past | a Chinese fleet | America |  | 1421 |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent america=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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It is confirmed by Ming charts preserved in Beijing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:e2:o1:1
# text = It is confirmed by Ming charts preserved in Beijing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	confirmed	confirm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	charts	chart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confirm** | present · passive | Ming charts | It |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic |
| 2 | **preserve** | participle |  | Ming charts *not said here* |  | Beijing |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It is rejected by historians for want of any evidence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:e2:o2:1
# text = It is rejected by historians for want of any evidence
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	rejected	reject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	want	want	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reject** | present · passive | historians | It |  |  |  | for want of any evidence | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **want** |  |  | any evidence |  |  |  |  | nom want «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is established by the giraffe of 1414

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:e2:o3:1
# text = It is established by the giraffe of 1414
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1414	1414	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | present · passive | the giraffe of 1414 | It |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is attested by Columbus himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:e2:o4:1
# text = It is attested by Columbus himself
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	attested	attest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Columbus	Columbus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attest** | present · passive | Columbus | It |  |  |  | Columbus *obl* | tree rules |

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