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title: Mei's grandfather calls Mao a hero; her grandmother remembers being… — China: 1911, 1949 and Mao · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei's grandfather calls Mao a hero; her grandmother remembers being sent to a village. Who is right? Test 6 · ★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★ · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao

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Mei's grandfather calls Mao a hero; her grandmother remembers being sent to a village. Who is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandfather, grandmother · **What happens:** call, remember, send, be · **To what, where:** Mao, village · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei's grandfather calls Mao a hero; her grandmother remembers being sent to a village.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t6:1
# text = Mei's grandfather calls Mao a hero; her grandmother remembers being sent to a village.
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Mao	Mao	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	remembers	remember	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	xcomp	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Mei's grandfather | Mao |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent mao=Theme hero=Result |
| 2 | **remember** | present | Mao's grandmother |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **send** | gerund · passive | Mao's grandmother *not said here* |  |  | a village |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to village=Destination |

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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:* Who is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t6:2
# text = Who is right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only grandfather; grandmother forgot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t6:o1:1
# text = Only grandfather; grandmother forgot
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | grandfather grandmother |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only grandmother; Mao did nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t6:o2:1
# text = Only grandmother; Mao did nothing
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	Mao	Mao	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | grandmother | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Both memories are real; Mao unified China and caused huge suffering

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t6:o3:1
# text = Both memories are real; Mao unified China and caused huge suffering
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	memories	memory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	Mao	Mao	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	unified	unify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	suffering	suffering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | both memories |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **unify** | past | Mao | China |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent china=Patient |
| 3 | **cause** | past | Mao *not said here* | huge suffering |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition suffering=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither; Mao is a legend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t6:o4:1
# text = Neither; Mao is a legend
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Mao	Mao	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mao | a legend |  |  |  | neither *property* | tree rules |

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