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title: The Cultural Revolution was «about culture», says Mei. What is truer? — China: 1911, 1949 and Mao · tree and pragmatics
description: The Cultural Revolution was «about culture», says Mei. What is truer? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao

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The Cultural Revolution was «about culture», says Mei. What is truer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cultural Revolution · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** culture · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The Cultural Revolution was «about culture», says Mei.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t9:1
# text = The Cultural Revolution was «about culture», says Mei.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Cultural	cultural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Revolution	Revolution	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	culture	culture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past |  | culture |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Cultural Revolution |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is truer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t9:2
# text = What is truer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	truer	true	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It built thousands of new museums for old paintings and books

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t9:o1:1
# text = It built thousands of new museums for old paintings and books
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	museums	museum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | It | thousands of new museums |  |  |  | for old paintings and books | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent thousand=Product for painting=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It invented Chinese opera

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t9:o2:1
# text = It invented Chinese opera
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	opera	opera	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 | It | Chinese opera |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opera=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It taught everyone to paint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t9:o3:1
# text = It taught everyone to paint
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	paint	paint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | It | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **paint** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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It harmed culture: books and temples were destroyed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:58-china-1911-1949-and-mao:t9:o4:1
# text = It harmed culture: books and temples were destroyed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	harmed	harm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	culture	culture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	temples	temple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harm** | past | It | culture |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus culture=Experiencer |
| 2 | **destroy** | past · passive | culture *not said here* | books and temples |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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