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title: Mei says «Taiwan is a province of China»; a classmate shouts «Taiwan… — China: modern China, space and contest… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei says «Taiwan is a province of China»; a classmate shouts «Taiwan is a country!». What did the teacher wisely do? Test 6 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 6 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

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Mei says «Taiwan is a province of China»; a classmate shouts «Taiwan is a country!». What did the teacher wisely do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, Taiwan, classmate · **What happens:** say, be, shout, do · **To what, where:** province, country · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei says «Taiwan is a province of China»; a classmate shouts «Taiwan is a country!».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t6:1
# text = Mei says «Taiwan is a province of China»; a classmate shouts «Taiwan is a country!».
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	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Taiwan | a province |  |  |  | of China | tree rules |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | a classmate |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Taiwan | a country |  |  |  |  | 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 did the teacher wisely do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t6:2
# text = What did the teacher wisely do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	wisely	wisely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | wisely *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Give Mei a prize, because she said it first and loudest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t6:o1:1
# text = Give Mei a prize, because she said it first and loudest
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a prize | Mei |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mei=Recipient prize=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mei | prize |  |  |  | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tell the class that one side is stupid and move on to the next topic

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t6:o2:1
# text = Tell the class that one side is stupid and move on to the next topic
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	topic	topic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the class |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | one side |  |  |  |  | stupid *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **move on** | present | you *not said here* |  |  | the next topic |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to topic=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Send the classmate out of the room for shouting at Mei

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t6:o3:1
# text = Send the classmate out of the room for shouting at Mei
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | the classmate |  | the room |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent classmate=Theme out room=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | Mei |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Stop the shouting, explain both views and the undisputed facts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t6:o4:1
# text = Stop the shouting, explain both views and the undisputed facts
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shouting	shouting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	views	view	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	undisputed	undisputed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the shouting |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality shouting=Eventuality |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | both views and the undisputed facts |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Topic |

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