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title: Mei: «in 1949 China stood up and became free». What would a fair sum… — China: 1911, 1949 and Mao · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei: «in 1949 China stood up and became free». What would a fair summary add? Test 5 · ★ 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 5 · ★ · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao

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Mei: «in 1949 China stood up and became free». What would a fair summary add?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** China, fair summary · **What happens:** stand up, become, add · **To what, where:** Mei, 1949

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei: «in 1949 China stood up and became free».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t5:1
# text = Mei: «in 1949 China stood up and became free».
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1949	1949	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
6	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** *in a quote* | past | China | Mei *not said here* |  | 1949 |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** *in a quote* | past | China *not said here* |  |  |  |  | free *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would a fair summary add?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t5:2
# text = What would a fair summary add?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	summary	summary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | would | a fair summary |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The emperor came back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t5:o1:1
# text = The emperor came back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | past | the emperor |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It ended foreign humiliation for many, and began one-party rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t5:o2:1
# text = It ended foreign humiliation for many, and began one-party rule
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	humiliation	humiliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past | It | foreign humiliation |  |  |  | for many | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality humiliation=Eventuality |
| 2 | **begin** | past |  | party rule |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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China became a colony

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t5:o3:1
# text = China became a colony
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | China | a colony |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, it was the end of history

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t5:o4:1
# text = Nothing, it was the end of history
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Nothing | the end |  |  |  | of history | tree rules |

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