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title: If China had not destroyed the opium in 1839, what problem would hav… — China: the Qing and the Opium Wars · tree and pragmatics
description: If China had not destroyed the opium in 1839, what problem would have gone on? Test 5 · ★ 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 5 · ★ · China: the Qing and the Opium Wars

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If China had not destroyed the opium in 1839, what problem would have gone on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** China, problem · **What happens:** not destroy, go on · **To what, where:** opium, 1839

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t5:1
# text = If China had not destroyed the opium in 1839, what problem would have gone on?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	opium	opium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1839	1839	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
12	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux	_	_
15	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **destroy** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | China | the opium |  | 1839 |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opium=Patient |
| 2 | **go on** | would · perfect | problem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Silk would have run out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t5:o1:1
# text = Silk would have run out
1	Silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run out** | would · perfect · passive |  | Silk |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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British opium still flooding in and harming people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t5:o3:1
# text = British opium still flooding in and harming people
1	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	opium	opium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	flooding	flood	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	harming	harm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flood** | gerund | British opium |  |  |  | still |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **harm** | gerund | British opium *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Great Wall would have fallen down from neglect and old age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t5:o4:1
# text = The Great Wall would have fallen down from neglect and old age
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Wall	Wall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	neglect	neglect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall down** | would · perfect | the Great Wall |  |  | neglect and old age |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from neglect=Initial\_Location |

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