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title: Ascertain the arrangement under which giant pandas are ordinarily he… — China: Mei's exaggerations and everyda… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the arrangement under which giant pandas are ordinarily held in zoos outside China since the 1980s. Exam question 4 of lesson 60 «China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 4 · China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China

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Ascertain the arrangement under which giant pandas are ordinarily held in zoos outside China since the 1980s.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, hold · **To what, where:** arrangement, giant pandas

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 60 «China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the arrangement under which giant pandas are ordinarily held in zoos outside China since the 1980s.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pandas	panda	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	since	since	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	1980s	1980s	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the arrangement |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrangement=Topic |
| 2 | **hold** | present · passive |  | giant pandas |  | the arrangement | since the 1980s | in zoos outside China; ordinarily *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme under which=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Permanent gifts from China to foreign kings and heads of state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:e4:o1:1
# text = Permanent gifts from China to foreign kings and heads of state
1	Permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Loans from China, with cubs usually returned to China

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:e4:o2:1
# text = Loans from China, with cubs usually returned to China
1	Loans	loan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
7	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | Loans from China and cubs |  | China |  |  | usually *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to china=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Capture in the wild by foreign zoo expeditions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:e4:o3:1
# text = Capture in the wild by foreign zoo expeditions
1	Capture	capture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	expeditions	expedition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **capture** |  | foreign zoo expeditions |  |  | the wild |  |  | nom capture «act transitive»: in=place by=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Purchase at auction by the highest bidding zoo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:e4:o4:1
# text = Purchase at auction by the highest bidding zoo
1	Purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	auction	auction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
7	bidding	bidding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** |  | the highest bidding zoo |  |  | auction |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: at=place by=agent |

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