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title: Ascertain the finding of the Zhurong rover in respect of the planet… — China: modern China, space and contest… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the finding of the Zhurong rover in respect of the planet Mars. Exam question 4 of lesson 59 «China: modern China, space and contested topics» 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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# Exam question 4 · China: modern China, space and contested topics

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Ascertain the finding of the Zhurong rover in respect of the planet Mars.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, find, respect · **To what, where:** finding, Zhurong rover, planet Mars

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 59 «China: modern China, space and contested topics» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the finding of the Zhurong rover in respect of the planet Mars.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	finding	finding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Zhurong	Zhurong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rover	rover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the finding of the Zhurong rover in respect of the planet Mars |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finding=Topic |
| 2 | **find** |  |  | the Zhurong rover in respect of the planet Mars |  |  |  |  | nom finding «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | the planet Mars |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The remains of an ancient settlement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:e4:o1:1
# text = The remains of an ancient settlement
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	settlement	settlement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rivers of liquid water flowing at present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:e4:o2:1
# text = Rivers of liquid water flowing at present
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** | gerund | liquid water *not said here* |  |  | present |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at present=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Conclusive evidence of living micro-organisms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:e4:o3:1
# text = Conclusive evidence of living micro-organisms
1	Conclusive	conclusive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	micro-organisms	micro-organism	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **evidence** |  |  | living micro-organisms |  |  |  |  | nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Signs of ancient water, but no evidence of life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:e4:o4:1
# text = Signs of ancient water, but no evidence of life
1	Signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** |  |  | ancient water |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **evidence** |  |  | life |  |  |  |  | nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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