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title: The teacher says China and Japan still argue about the war. About wh… — China: 1911, 1949 and Mao · tree and pragmatics
description: The teacher says China and Japan still argue about the war. About what? Test 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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# Test 4 · ★ · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao

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The teacher says China and Japan still argue about the war. About what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, China · **What happens:** say, argue · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The teacher says China and Japan still argue about the war.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t4:1
# text = The teacher says China and Japan still argue about the war.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	argue	argue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | China and Japan |  |  |  | still | about the war | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about war=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* About what?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t4:2
# text = About what?
1	About	about	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Who won the 1894 football match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t4:o1:1
# text = Who won the 1894 football match
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	1894	1894	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past |  | the football match |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Where the Great Wall ends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t4:o2:1
# text = Where the Great Wall ends
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Wall	Wall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | the Great Wall |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Who invented paper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t4:o3:1
# text = Who invented paper
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past |  | paper |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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How to remember and teach it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t4:o4:1
# text = How to remember and teach it
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	remember	remember	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	teach	teach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | infinitive |  |  | it |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

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