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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the founders of the Qing dynasty. Exam question 2 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 2 · China: the Qing and the Opium Wars

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the founders of the Qing dynasty.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, founders

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the founders of the Qing dynasty.
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	founders	founder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Qing	Qing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 founders of the Qing dynasty |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus founder=Experiencer |

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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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British merchants who governed from Canton

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e2:o1:1
# text = British merchants who governed from Canton
1	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	governed	govern	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Canton	Canton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **govern** | past | British merchants |  |  | Canton |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Manchus who ruled through Chinese institutions while keeping Manchu customs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e2:o2:1
# text = Manchus who ruled through Chinese institutions while keeping Manchu customs
1	Manchus	manchu	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	institutions	institution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	Manchu	Manchu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past | Manchus |  |  | Chinese institutions |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | gerund | Manchus *not said here* | Manchu customs |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent custom=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ming admirals returned from Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e2:o3:1
# text = Ming admirals returned from Africa
1	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	admirals	admiral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | Ming admirals |  |  | Africa |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from africa=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mongols who abolished every Chinese institution

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e2:o4:1
# text = Mongols who abolished every Chinese institution
1	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	abolished	abolish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abolish** | past | Mongols | every Chinese institution |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent institution=Theme |

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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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