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title: Mei says nothing happened in 1989. What is widely documented? — China: modern China, space and contest… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei says nothing happened in 1989. What is widely documented? Test 8 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

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Mei says nothing happened in 1989. What is widely documented?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, nothing · **What happens:** say, happen, document · **To what, where:** 1989 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei says nothing happened in 1989.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t8:1
# text = Mei says nothing happened in 1989.
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	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1989	1989	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	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 | **happen** | past | nothing |  |  | 1989 |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1989=Location |

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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 is widely documented?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t8:2
# text = What is widely documented?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	widely	widely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	documented	document	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	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 | **document** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | widely *property* | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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Protests in Tiananmen Square ended by the army, with many killed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t8:o1:1
# text = Protests in Tiananmen Square ended by the army, with many killed
1	Protests	protest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	Tiananmen	Tiananmen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Square	Square	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past | Protests in Tiananmen Square |  |  |  |  | by the army | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **kill** | participle · passive |  | many |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A big football final in Tiananmen Square watched by millions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t8:o2:1
# text = A big football final in Tiananmen Square watched by millions
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	final	final	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Tiananmen	Tiananmen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Square	Square	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	watched	watch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | participle |  | a big football final in Tiananmen Square *not said here* |  |  |  | by millions | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by million=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing at all: she is right, and all the photos and films are fakes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t8:o3:1
# text = Nothing at all: she is right, and all the photos and films are fakes
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	fakes	fake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | all photos and films | fakes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A new dynasty began, with an emperor crowned in the square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t8:o4:1
# text = A new dynasty began, with an emperor crowned in the square
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	crowned	crown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | a new dynasty |  |  |  |  | with a emperor | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with emperor=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **crown** | participle |  | a emperor *not said here* |  | the square |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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