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title: Identify the principal outcome of the First Opium War as established… — China: the Qing and the Opium Wars · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal outcome of the First Opium War as established by the Treaty of Nanjing of 1842. Exam question 1 of lesson 57 «China: the Qing and the Opium Wars» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 1 · China: the Qing and the Opium Wars

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Identify the principal outcome of the First Opium War as established by the Treaty of Nanjing of 1842.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, establish · **To what, where:** principal outcome

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 57 «China: the Qing and the Opium Wars» 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/57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal outcome of the First Opium War as established by the Treaty of Nanjing of 1842.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	First	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
8	Opium	Opium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Nanjing	Nanjing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	1842	1842	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal outcome of the First Opium War |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the Treaty of Nanjing of 1842 | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The annexation of Japan by the Qing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e1:o1:1
# text = The annexation of Japan by the Qing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	annexation	annexation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Qing	Qing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The British withdrawal from all of Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e1:o2:1
# text = The British withdrawal from all of Asia
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** |  |  | Asia |  |  |  |  | nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The end of the Qing dynasty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e1:o3:1
# text = The end of the Qing dynasty
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Qing	Qing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The cession of Hong Kong Island and the opening of five ports

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e1:o4:1
# text = The cession of Hong Kong Island and the opening of five ports
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cession	cession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Hong	Hong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	Kong	Kong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Island	Island	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	ports	port	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cede** |  |  | Hong Kong Island |  |  |  |  | nom cession «act transitive»: of=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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