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# Exam question 3 · China: the Qing and the Opium Wars

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reply of the Qianlong Emperor to the embassy of 1793?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, reply · **To what, where:** reply, Qianlong Emperor

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reply of the Qianlong Emperor to the embassy of 1793?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Qianlong	Qianlong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	embassy	embassy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	1793	1793	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the reply of the Qianlong Emperor |  |  |  | to the embassy of 1793; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **reply** |  |  | the Qianlong Emperor |  |  |  |  | nom reply «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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China accepted a permanent British embassy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e3:o1:1
# text = China accepted a permanent British embassy
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	embassy	embassy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past | China | a permanent British embassy |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embassy=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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China wished to purchase British warships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e3:o2:1
# text = China wished to purchase British warships
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	purchase	purchase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	warships	warship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | China |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **purchase** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | China *not said here* | British warships |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset warship=Theme |

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

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China possessed all things and required no British goods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e3:o3:1
# text = China possessed all things and required no British goods
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possessed	possess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	required	require	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
8	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | past | China | all things |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | past | China *not said here* | no British goods |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme goods=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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China offered Hong Kong in exchange for opium

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:e3:o4:1
# text = China offered Hong Kong in exchange for opium
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Hong	Hong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	iobj	_	_
4	Kong	Kong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	opium	opium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past | China |  | Hong | exchange for opium |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent hong=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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