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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — China: 1911, 1949 and Mao · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the forces that resisted the Japanese invasion of China. Exam question 2 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 o
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# Exam question 2 · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the forces that resisted the Japanese invasion of China.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, forces · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, resist, invade · **To what, where:** response, forces, Japanese invasion, China

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the forces that resisted the Japanese invasion of China.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	resisted	resist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	invasion	invasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the forces |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus force=Experiencer |
| 4 | **resist** | past | the forces | the Japanese invasion of China |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **invade** |  |  | China |  |  |  |  | nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The Communists exclusively, without any Nationalist participation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e2:o1:1
# text = The Communists exclusively, without any Nationalist participation
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Communists	Communist	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	Nationalist	nationalist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Both the Nationalists and the Communists, the former in most major battles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e2:o2:1
# text = Both the Nationalists and the Communists, the former in most major battles
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc:preconj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Nationalists	Nationalist	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Communists	Communist	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
12	major	major	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	battles	battle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The warlords exclusively, under Puyi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e2:o3:1
# text = The warlords exclusively, under Puyi
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	warlords	warlord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Puyi	Puyi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No Chinese forces whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e2:o4:1
# text = No Chinese forces whatsoever
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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