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title: If someone says «Tibet was always part of China» and another says «T… — China: modern China, space and contest… · tree and pragmatics
description: If someone says «Tibet was always part of China» and another says «Tibet was always free», what is the fair reply? Test 7 · ★★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

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If someone says «Tibet was always part of China» and another says «Tibet was always free», what is the fair reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** someone, Tibet, another · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** part, fair reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t7:1
# text = If someone says «Tibet was always part of China» and another says «Tibet was always free», what is the fair reply?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	another	another	PRON	DT	PronType=Ind	14	nsubj	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	19	advmod	_	_
19	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	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 | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Tibet | part |  |  |  | of China; always *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | another |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Tibet |  |  |  |  | always, free *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | the fair reply |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The second is a plain fact that every historian agrees with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t7:o1:1
# text = The second is a plain fact that every historian agrees with
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	historian	historian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the second | a plain fact |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **agree with** *speech: agree* | present | every historian |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither matters, because nobody lived in Tibet before 1950

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t7:o2:1
# text = Neither matters, because nobody lived in Tibet before 1950
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	1950	1950	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | Neither |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **live** | past | nobody |  |  | Tibet | before 1950 |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tibet=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Both are positions; it is contested and history was complicated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t7:o3:1
# text = Both are positions; it is contested and history was complicated
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	positions	position	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	contested	contest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	complicated	complicated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | both positions |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **contest** | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | both positions |  |  |  |  | complicated *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The first is a plain fact that every historian in the world agrees with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t7:o4:1
# text = The first is a plain fact that every historian in the world agrees with
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	historian	historian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the first | a plain fact |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **agree with** *speech: agree* | present | every historian in the world |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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