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title: Ascertain the principal feature of the policy commenced by Deng Xiao… — China: 1911, 1949 and Mao · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the principal feature of the policy commenced by Deng Xiaoping in 1978. Exam question 4 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao

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Ascertain the principal feature of the policy commenced by Deng Xiaoping in 1978.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, commence, feature · **To what, where:** principal feature, policy, 1978

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the principal feature of the policy commenced by Deng Xiaoping in 1978.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	feature	feature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	policy	policy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	commenced	commence	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Deng	Deng	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	_
11	Xiaoping	Xiaoping	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	1978	1978	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal feature of the policy |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feature=Topic |
| 2 | **commence** | participle |  | the policy *not said here* |  | 1978 |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **feature** |  |  | the policy |  |  |  |  | nom feature «cognition 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 return of Hong Kong in 1978

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e4:o1:1
# text = The return of Hong Kong in 1978
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Hong	Hong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	Kong	Kong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1978	1978	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** |  | Hong |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The abolition of all trade with the West

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e4:o2:1
# text = The abolition of all trade with the West
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	abolition	abolition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abolish** |  |  | all trade with the West |  |  |  |  | nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The opening of China to markets and foreign investment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e4:o3:1
# text = The opening of China to markets and foreign investment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	investment	investment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The closure of all schools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:e4:o4:1
# text = The closure of all schools
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	closure	closure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** |  | all schools |  |  |  |  |  | nom closure «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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