--- title: Mei says Deng made everyone rich. What fixes it? — China: 1911, 1949 and Mao · tree and pragmatics description: Mei says Deng made everyone rich. What fixes it? Test 10 · ★ 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. --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao Mei says Deng made everyone rich. What fixes it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, Deng · **What happens:** say, make, fix · **To what, where:** everyone, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mei says Deng made everyone rich. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t10:1 # text = Mei says Deng made everyone rich. 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 Deng Deng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . 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 | **make** | past | Deng | everyone | | | | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Product | 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 fixes it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t10:2 # text = What fixes it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fixes fix VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | present | | it | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Correct, there are no poor people ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t10:o1:1 # text = Correct, there are no poor people 1 Correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 6 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **does** | present | no poor people | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Hundreds of millions left poverty, but not everyone got rich ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t10:o2:1 # text = Hundreds of millions left poverty, but not everyone got rich 1 Hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 poverty poverty NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 nsubj _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | participle | millions *not said here* | poverty | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poverty=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | Hundreds of millions | | | | | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Deng made everyone poor ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t10:o3:1 # text = Deng made everyone poor 1 Deng Deng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 obj _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Deng | everyone | | | | poor *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Deng never did any reforms ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t10:o4:1 # text = Deng never did any reforms 1 Deng Deng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 reforms reform NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | Deng | any reforms | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reform=Eventuality | **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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