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title: OMG mei says the chinese rover found aliens on mars!! — China: modern China, space and contest… · tree and pragmatics
description: OMG mei says the chinese rover found aliens on mars!! Test 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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# Test 4 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

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OMG mei says the chinese rover found aliens on mars!!

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mei, chinese rover · **What happens:** say, find · **To what, where:** aliens, mars · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t4:1
# text = OMG mei says the chinese rover found aliens on mars!!
1	OMG	omg	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	mei	mei	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rover	rover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	aliens	alien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mars	mar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 | **find** | past | the chinese rover | aliens |  | mars |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alien=Topic |

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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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Yes, but they ran away before it took a photo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t4:o1:1
# text = Yes, but they ran away before it took a photo
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | past | they |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | past | it | a photo |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No; it found signs of ancient water, which is not life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t4:o2:1
# text = No; it found signs of ancient water, which is not life
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | it | signs of ancient water and life |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | ancient water and life | life |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sign** |  |  | ancient water and life |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, coz the rover crashed and never landed at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t4:o3:1
# text = No, coz the rover crashed and never landed at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rover	rover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	crashed	crash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** | past | the rover |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **land** | past | the rover *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes!! little green men waved at the camera lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t4:o4:1
# text = yes!! little green men waved at the camera lol
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | little green men |  |  | the camera |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at camera=Location |

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