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description: Mei says the Hong Kong protests were caused by foreigners. How should a teacher answer? Test 10 · ★★ 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 choic
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# Test 10 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

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Mei says the Hong Kong protests were caused by foreigners. How should a teacher answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, foreigners · **What happens:** say, cause · **To what, where:** Hong protests · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei says the Hong Kong protests were caused by foreigners.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t10:1
# text = Mei says the Hong Kong protests were caused by foreigners.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	Hong	Hong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	Kong	Kong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	protests	protest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	foreigners	foreigner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cause** | past · passive | foreigners | the Hong protests |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=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.

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*Sentence 2:* How should a teacher answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t10:2
# text = How should a teacher answer?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Describe the events, the bill and the law, and say views divide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t10:o1:1
# text = Describe the events, the bill and the law, and say views divide
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	views	view	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	divide	divide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the events and the bill and the law |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **divide** | present | views |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Refuse to say that anything happened in Hong Kong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t10:o2:1
# text = Refuse to say that anything happened in Hong Kong
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
6	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Hong	Hong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	Kong	Kong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **happen** | past | anything |  |  | Hong |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in hong=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Agree with Mei completely and say nothing more about it in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t10:o3:1
# text = Agree with Mei completely and say nothing more about it in class
1	Agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Mei; completely *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with mei=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you *not said here* | nothing |  | class |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme in class=Manner |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Say Mei is a liar in front of the whole class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t10:o4:1
# text = Say Mei is a liar in front of the whole class
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	liar	liar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Mei | a liar |  | front of the whole class |  |  | 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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