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title: a poster says «Great Leap Forward: fast progress!» what really happe… — China: 1911, 1949 and Mao · tree and pragmatics
description: a poster says «Great Leap Forward: fast progress!» what really happened Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a poster says «Great Leap Forward: fast progress!» what really happened

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** poster, fast progress · **What happens:** say, happen · **To what, where:** Great Leap Forward · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t7:1
# text = a poster says «Great Leap Forward: fast progress!» what really happened
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	Leap	Leap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Forward	Forward	PROPN	NNP	_	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	progress	progress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a poster | Great Leap Forward |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **happen** | past | fast progress |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
China landed on the Moon and planted a flag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t7:o1:1
# text = China landed on the Moon and planted a flag
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | past | China |  |  | the Moon |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on moon=Destination |
| 2 | **plant** | past | China *not said here* | a flag |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing changed at all, it was just a poster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t7:o2:1
# text = Nothing changed at all, it was just a poster
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | participle |  |  |  | all |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | a poster |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everyone got rich and had loads to eat for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t7:o3:1
# text = Everyone got rich and had loads to eat for years
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Everyone |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **have** | past | Everyone *not said here* | loads |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | loads *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A famine in which tens of millions died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t7:o4:1
# text = A famine in which tens of millions died
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	famine	famine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	tens	ten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	died	die	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 | **die** | past | a famine in which tens of millions |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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