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title: The teacher calls China's poverty reduction «only propaganda». Who i… — China: modern China, space and contest… · tree and pragmatics
description: The teacher calls China's poverty reduction «only propaganda». Who is mostly right? Test 2 · ★★ 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
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# Test 2 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

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The teacher calls China's poverty reduction «only propaganda». Who is mostly right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, China · **What happens:** call, reduce, be · **To what, where:** poverty reduction · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The teacher calls China's poverty reduction «only propaganda».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t2:1
# text = The teacher calls China's poverty reduction «only propaganda».
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	poverty	poverty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	propaganda	propaganda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | the teacher | China's poverty reduction |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent reduction=Recipient |
| 2 | **reduce** |  | China |  |  |  |  |  | nom reduction «act 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Who is mostly right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t2:2
# text = Who is mostly right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | mostly, right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Neither: there was never any poverty in China to reduce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t2:o1:1
# text = Neither: there was never any poverty in China to reduce
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	poverty	poverty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	reduce	reduce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past | Neither | any poverty |  | China |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reduce** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer |

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

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Mei: World Bank numbers show it is real and huge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t2:o2:1
# text = Mei: World Bank numbers show it is real and huge
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Bank	Bank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Mei |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both: it happened, but only for people living in Beijing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t2:o3:1
# text = Both: it happened, but only for people living in Beijing
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	_
10	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | Both |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | gerund | people *not said here* |  |  | Beijing |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in beijing=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The teacher: the World Bank just copied China's own numbers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t2:o4:1
# text = The teacher: the World Bank just copied China's own numbers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Bank	Bank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past | the teacher | China's own numbers |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme |

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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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