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title: Why might some events not be taught in every country? — China: modern China, space and contest… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might some events not be taught in every country? Test 9 · ★★ 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 9 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

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Why might some events not be taught in every country?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not teach · **To what, where:** events, country

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t9:1
# text = Why might some events not be taught in every country?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **teach** *speech: other* | might · passive |  | some events |  | every country |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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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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Nobody remembers anything that happened more than ten years ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t9:o1:1
# text = Nobody remembers anything that happened more than ten years ago
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remembers	remember	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	8	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | present | Nobody | anything |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Textbooks always run out of pages before the last hundred years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t9:o2:1
# text = Textbooks always run out of pages before the last hundred years
1	Textbooks	textbook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | Textbooks |  |  | pages | year | always *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out page=Trajectory |

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

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Governments choose what schools teach, and some topics are sensitive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t9:o3:1
# text = Governments choose what schools teach, and some topics are sensitive
1	Governments	government	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
4	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	teach	teach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	topics	topic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	sensitive	sensitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | present | Governments |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | schools |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** | present | some topics |  |  |  |  | sensitive *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All events are taught in every country, so this never really happens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics:t9:o4:1
# text = All events are taught in every country, so this never really happens
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	really	really	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | all events |  | every country |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **happen** | present | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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