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title: the Boxers were bulletproof right? my bro saw it in a game — China: the Qing and the Opium Wars · tree and pragmatics
description: the Boxers were bulletproof right? my bro saw it in a game Test 10 · ★ 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 10 · ★ · China: the Qing and the Opium Wars

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Boxers were bulletproof right? my bro saw it in a game

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** bulletproof, see · **To what, where:** Boxers, it, game

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t10:1
# text = the Boxers were bulletproof right? my bro saw it in a game
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Boxers	Boxer	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	bulletproof	bulletproof	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bulletproof** | past · passive |  | the Boxers |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | my bro | it |  | a game |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only on Sundays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only on Sundays
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they had no beliefs at all and fought only for money and food

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t10:o2:1
# text = No, they had no beliefs at all and fought only for money and food
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	beliefs	belief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they | no beliefs |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belief=Patient |
| 2 | **fight** | past | they *not said here* | money and food |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Co-Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No; some believed rituals protected them, but bullets did not stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t10:o3:1
# text = No; some believed rituals protected them, but bullets did not stop
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
4	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	rituals	ritual	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	protected	protect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	bullets	bullet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | past | some |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **protect** | past | rituals | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **not** **stop** | past · do-support | bullets |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, their armour was magic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, their armour was magic
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | their armour |  |  |  |  | magic *property* | tree rules |

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