--- title: Mei: «China always beat Japan». What happened in 1894–1895? — China: the Qing and the Opium Wars · tree and pragmatics description: Mei: «China always beat Japan». What happened in 1894–1895? Test 9 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [China: the Qing and the Opium Wars](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · China: the Qing and the Opium Wars Mei: «China always beat Japan». What happened in 1894–1895? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei · **What happens:** beat, happen · **To what, where:** Japan, 1894 This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mei: «China always beat Japan». ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t9:1 # text = Mei: «China always beat Japan». 1 Mei Mei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Japan Japan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** *in a quote* | past | Mei China | Japan | | | | always *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location japan=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What happened in 1894–1895? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t9:2 # text = What happened in 1894–1895? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 1894 1894 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 – - PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 1895 1895 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | 1894 | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1894=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} China took Tokyo ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t9:o1:1 # text = China took Tokyo 1 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Tokyo Tokyo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | China | | Tokyo | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument tokyo=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Japan won and took Taiwan ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t9:o2:1 # text = Japan won and took Taiwan 1 Japan Japan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 Taiwan Taiwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | Japan | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | past | Japan *not said here* | | Taiwan | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument taiwan=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nobody fought ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t9:o3:1 # text = Nobody fought 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | Nobody | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They both lost to Britain ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars:t9:o4:1 # text = They both lost to Britain 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | They | | Britain | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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