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title: A tour guide repeats «9,999 rooms». What would Mei, who read the sur… — China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages · tree and pragmatics
description: A tour guide repeats «9,999 rooms». What would Mei, who read the survey, say? Test 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 2 · China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages

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A tour guide repeats «9,999 rooms». What would Mei, who read the survey, say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tour guide, Mei · **What happens:** repeat, read, say · **To what, where:** 9,999 rooms, survey · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A tour guide repeats «9,999 rooms».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t2:1
# text = A tour guide repeats «9,999 rooms».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tour	tour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	repeats	repeat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	9,999	9,999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | present | a tour guide | 9,999 rooms |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Eventuality |

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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 would Mei, who read the survey, say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t2:2
# text = What would Mei, who read the survey, say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
3	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	survey	survey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | Mei | the survey |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent survey=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | Mei |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A lovely legend; surveys count about 8,700

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t2:o1:1
# text = A lovely legend; surveys count about 8,700
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	surveys	survey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	8,700	8,700	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | surveys | 8,700 |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 8,700=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has 10,000 and one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t2:o2:1
# text = It has 10,000 and one
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	10,000	10000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | 10,000 |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 10000=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It has no rooms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t2:o3:1
# text = It has no rooms
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | no rooms |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is exactly true, every room has been counted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages:t2:o4:1
# text = It is exactly true, every room has been counted
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | exactly, true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | present · perfect · passive |  | every room |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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