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title: How could a European like Ricci be buried in Beijing with honour? — China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages · tree and pragmatics
description: How could a European like Ricci be buried in Beijing with honour? Test 10 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 right.
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# Test 10 · China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages

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How could a European like Ricci be buried in Beijing with honour?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** bury · **To what, where:** European, Beijing

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This is test 10 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t10:1
# text = How could a European like Ricci be buried in Beijing with honour?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	European	European	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ricci	Ricci	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | could · passive |  | a European like Ricci |  | Beijing |  | with honour | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in beijing=Destination |

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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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He was a Ming admiral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t10:o1:1
# text = He was a Ming admiral
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	admiral	admiral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a Ming admiral |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was the emperor's son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t10:o2:1
# text = He was the emperor's son
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | the emperor's son |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He learned Chinese well and was greatly respected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t10:o3:1
# text = He learned Chinese well and was greatly respected
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	respected	respect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | He |  |  |  |  | chinese, well *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **respect** | past · passive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | greatly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He conquered China

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t10:o4:1
# text = He conquered China
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conquer** | past | He | China |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent china=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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