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title: Danylo and Mei both say their country is the oldest and greatest. Wh… — China: Mei's exaggerations and everyda… · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo and Mei both say their country is the oldest and greatest. What did the course teach? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 each option; Mova's c
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China

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Danylo and Mei both say their country is the oldest and greatest. What did the course teach?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, country · **What happens:** say, be, do · **To what, where:** course teach · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China» 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/60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo and Mei both say their country is the oldest and greatest.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t12:1
# text = Danylo and Mei both say their country is the oldest and greatest.
1	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	both	both	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	ccomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Danylo and Mei |  |  |  |  | both *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Danylo's country |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Danylo's country *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 course teach?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t12:2
# text = What did the course teach?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	teach	teach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only one of them can be right, so they must fight it out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t12:o1:1
# text = Only one of them can be right, so they must fight it out
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | one of them |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight out** | must | they | it |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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History is just opinion, so any claim is as good as another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t12:o2:1
# text = History is just opinion, so any claim is as good as another
1	History	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	as	as	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | History | opinion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | any claim |  |  |  |  | as another; good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nobody should ever be proud of their country's history

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t12:o3:1
# text = Nobody should ever be proud of their country's history
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | should | Nobody |  |  |  | ever | of their country's history; proud *property* | tree rules |

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

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Pride and truth can live together when sources are checked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t12:o4:1
# text = Pride and truth can live together when sources are checked
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live together** | can | Pride and truth |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | present · passive |  | sources |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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