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title: Mei says the last emperor ended up a gardener. Is that a film fantasy? — China: the Qing and the Opium Wars · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei says the last emperor ended up a gardener. Is that a film fantasy? Test 11 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · China: the Qing and the Opium Wars

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Mei says the last emperor ended up a gardener. Is that a film fantasy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, last emperor · **What happens:** say, end up, be · **To what, where:** gardener, film fantasy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei says the last emperor ended up a gardener.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t11:1
# text = Mei says the last emperor ended up a gardener.
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	5	det	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **end up** | past | the last emperor | a gardener |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient gardener=Result |

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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:* Is that a film fantasy?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t11:2
# text = Is that a film fantasy?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	fantasy	fantasy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, after prison Puyi really worked at a botanical garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t11:o1:1
# text = No, after prison Puyi really worked at a botanical garden
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	Puyi	Puyi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	botanical	botanical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | past | prison |  |  |  |  | at a botanical garden | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at garden=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, a pure invention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, a pure invention
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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No, he became a footballer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t11:o3:1
# text = No, he became a footballer
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	footballer	footballer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | he | a footballer |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, he died as emperor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, he died as emperor
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | he |  |  |  |  | as emperor | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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