--- title: Mei says the Forbidden City was built in one year. What did the teac… — China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages · tree and pragmatics description: Mei says the Forbidden City was built in one year. What did the teacher have right? Test 1 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 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/56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages/t1/) [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 Ming and Zheng He's voyages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages/) / t1 # Test 1 · China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages Mei says the Forbidden City was built in one year. What did the teacher have right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, teacher · **What happens:** say, build, have · **To what, where:** Forbidden City · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 56 «China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages» 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/56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mei says the Forbidden City was built in one year. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t1:1 # text = Mei says the Forbidden City was built in one year. 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 5 det _ _ 4 Forbidden Forbidden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 City City PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . 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 | **build** | past · passive | | the Forbidden City | | | year | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 did the teacher have right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t1:2 # text = What did the teacher have right? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 right right ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past · do-support | the teacher | | | | | right *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It was never finished ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t1:o1:1 # text = It was never finished 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **finish** | past · passive | | It | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It took from 1406 to 1420 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t1:o2:1 # text = It took from 1406 to 1420 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 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 1406 1406 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 1420 1420 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | It | | | 1406 to 1420 | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from 1406=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} It took one week ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t1:o3:1 # text = It took one week 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 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | It | | | | week | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} One year is right ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t1:o4:1 # text = One year is right 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN 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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | One year | | | | | right *property* | 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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