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title: Mei says China will be the richest country in the world next year. W… — China: modern China, space and contest… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei says China will be the richest country in the world next year. What should she check? Test 1 · ★★ 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 choi
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# Test 1 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

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Mei says China will be the richest country in the world next year. What should she check?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, China · **What happens:** say, be, check · **To what, where:** richest country, world · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 59 «China: modern China, space and contested topics» 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/59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei says China will be the richest country in the world next year.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t1:1
# text = Mei says China will be the richest country in the world next year.
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	richest	rich	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mei |  |  |  | year |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | future | China | the richest country |  | the world |  |  | tree rules |

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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 should she check?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t1:2
# text = What should she check?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | should | China |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Which country has more pandas and more high-speed trains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t1:o1:1
# text = Which country has more pandas and more high-speed trains
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	pandas	panda	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | which country | more pandas and more speed trains |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent panda=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The difference between total size and wealth per person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t1:o2:1
# text = The difference between total size and wealth per person
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	per	per	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only how many people live in China's biggest cities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t1:o3:1
# text = Only how many people live in China's biggest cities
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | many people |  |  | China's biggest cities |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Nothing: if the economy is big, every person is rich

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t1:o4:1
# text = Nothing: if the economy is big, every person is rich
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	economy	economy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the economy |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | every person |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | tree rules |

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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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