--- title: «students saved china in 1919» says Mei. accurate claim? — China: 1911, 1949 and Mao · tree and pragmatics description: «students saved china in 1919» says Mei. accurate claim? Test 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 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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao «students saved china in 1919» says Mei. accurate claim? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** students, Mei · **What happens:** save, say · **To what, where:** china, 1919, accurate claim · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t2:1 # text = «students saved china in 1919» says Mei. accurate claim? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 students student NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 4 china china NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 1919 1919 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Mei Mei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 11 accurate accurate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** *in a quote* | past | students | china | | 1919 | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent china=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mei | accurate claim | | | | | tree rules | 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} Yes, they crowned a new emperor and ended the war ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t2:o1:1 # text = Yes, they crowned a new emperor and ended the war 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 crowned crown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crown** | past | they | a new emperor | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Theme | | 2 | **end** | past | they *not said here* | the war | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, they won a war ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t2:o2:1 # text = Yes, they won a war 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | they | a war | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, nothing happened in 1919 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t2:o3:1 # text = No, nothing happened in 1919 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 1919 1919 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | nothing | | | 1919 | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1919=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They changed ideas and writing, not saved China ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t2:o4:1 # text = They changed ideas and writing, not saved China 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 9 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | They | ideas and writing | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | | 2 | **not** **save** | participle | | China | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent china=Theme | **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. - ← previous: [China: 1911, 1949 and Mao, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/58-china-1911-1949-and-mao/t1/) - next →: [China: 1911, 1949 and Mao, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/58-china-1911-1949-and-mao/t3/) - ↑ back to [China: 1911, 1949 and Mao](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/58-china-1911-1949-and-mao/)