--- title: Mei says Sun Yat-sen ended the empire all by himself. What is fairer? — China: 1911, 1949 and Mao · tree and pragmatics description: Mei says Sun Yat-sen ended the empire all by himself. What is fairer? Test 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 right. --- [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/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao Mei says Sun Yat-sen ended the empire all by himself. What is fairer? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mei, Sun sen · **What happens:** say, end, be · **To what, where:** empire · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 58 «China: 1911, 1949 and Mao» 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/58-china-1911-1949-and-mao/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mei says Sun Yat-sen ended the empire all by himself. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t1:1 # text = Mei says Sun Yat-sen ended the empire all by himself. 1 Mei Mei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 4 Yat Yat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 sen sen NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 all all ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mei | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **end** | past | Sun sen | the empire | | | | by sen | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality empire=Eventuality | 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 is fairer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t1:2 # text = What is fairer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fairer fair ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He was a Qing general ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t1:o1:1 # text = He was a Qing general 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Qing Qing PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 general general NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | a Qing general | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He led the republic, but many groups made the revolution ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t1:o2:1 # text = He led the republic, but many groups made the revolution 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 republic republic NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 groups group NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 revolution revolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | He | the republic | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent republic=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | many groups | the revolution | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset revolution=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Exactly right, he fought alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t1:o3:1 # text = Exactly right, he fought alone 1 Exactly exactly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | he | | | | | alone *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was born after 1949 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t1:o4:1 # text = He was born after 1949 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 1949 1949 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · passive | | He | | | after 1949 | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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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