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title: Mei says the Qing were just Chinese; the teacher says foreigners. Wh… — China: the Qing and the Opium Wars · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei says the Qing were just Chinese; the teacher says foreigners. What is wisest? Test 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 choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · China: the Qing and the Opium Wars

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Mei says the Qing were just Chinese; the teacher says foreigners. What is wisest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mei, Qing, teacher · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** foreigners · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 57 «China: the Qing and the Opium Wars» 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/57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei says the Qing were just Chinese; the teacher says foreigners.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t1:1
# text = Mei says the Qing were just Chinese; the teacher says foreigners.
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Qing	Qing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	foreigners	foreigner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mei |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Qing |  |  |  |  | chinese *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the teacher | foreigners |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent foreigner=Topic |

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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 is wisest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t1:2
# text = What is wisest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only Chinese, the Manchus are a myth made up by later writers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t1:o1:1
# text = Only Chinese, the Manchus are a myth made up by later writers
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Manchus	Manchu	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	later	late	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	writers	writer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Manchus | a Chinese myth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make up** | participle |  | a Chinese myth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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British rulers in Chinese clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t1:o2:1
# text = British rulers in Chinese clothes
1	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rulers	ruler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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A Manchu dynasty that ruled through Chinese institutions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t1:o3:1
# text = A Manchu dynasty that ruled through Chinese institutions
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Manchu	Manchu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	institutions	institution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past | a Manchu dynasty |  |  | Chinese institutions |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only foreigners who changed nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t1:o4:1
# text = Only foreigners who changed nothing
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	foreigners	foreigner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past | foreigners | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |

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