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title: Why can a policy's name be misleading? — China: 1911, 1949 and Mao · tree and pragmatics
description: Why can a policy's name be misleading? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao

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Why can a policy's name be misleading?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** name, policy · **What happens:** be, name

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t8:1
# text = Why can a policy's name be misleading?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	policy	policy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	misleading	misleading	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | a policy's name |  |  |  |  | misleading *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **name** |  | a policy |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Policies have no names, only long numbers and dates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t8:o1:1
# text = Policies have no names, only long numbers and dates
1	Policies	policy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Policies | no names  long numbers and dates |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Names are always lies chosen to fool everybody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t8:o2:1
# text = Names are always lies chosen to fool everybody
1	Names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fool	fool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Names |  |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **choose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fool** | to-infinitive |  | everybody |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everybody=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A name says what was hoped, not what happened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t8:o3:1
# text = A name says what was hoped, not what happened
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	hoped	hope	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
10	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a name |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hope** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Names are chosen by children in a school contest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t8:o4:1
# text = Names are chosen by children in a school contest
1	Names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | present · passive | children | Names |  | a school contest |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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