--- title: Identify the date and the person associated with the proclamation of… — China: 1911, 1949 and Mao · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the date and the person associated with the proclamation of the People's Republic of China. Exam question 1 of lesson 58 «China: 1911, 1949 and Mao» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/58-china-1911-1949-and-mao/e1/) [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: 1911, 1949 and Mao](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/58-china-1911-1949-and-mao/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao Identify the date and the person associated with the proclamation of the People's Republic of China. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, associate, proclaim · **To what, where:** date, person, Republic This is exam question 1 of lesson 58 «China: 1911, 1949 and Mao» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/58-china-1911-1949-and-mao/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e1:1 # text = Identify the date and the person associated with the proclamation of the People's Republic of China. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 associated associate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 People People PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 Republic Republic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the date and the person | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent date=Theme | | 2 | **associate** | participle | | the person *not said here* | | | | with the proclamation of the People's Republic of China | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with proclamation=Co-Patient | | 3 | **proclaim** | | | the People's Republic of China | | | | | nom proclamation «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} 10 October 1911, Sun Yat-sen ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e1:o1:1 # text = 10 October 1911, Sun Yat-sen 1 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 October October PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ 3 1911 1911 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ 6 Yat Yat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 sen sen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 1978, Deng Xiaoping ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e1:o2:1 # text = 1978, Deng Xiaoping 1 1978 1978 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 Deng Deng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Xiaoping Xiaoping PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 4 May 1919, Chiang Kai-shek ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e1:o3:1 # text = 4 May 1919, Chiang Kai-shek 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 1919 1919 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Chiang Chiang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 shek shek NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e1:o4:1 # text = 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong 1 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 October October PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ 3 1949 1949 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 Mao Mao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Zedong Zedong PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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