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title: The teacher says English is the most spoken; Mei says Mandarin. Who… — China: Mei's exaggerations and everyda… · tree and pragmatics
description: The teacher says English is the most spoken; Mei says Mandarin. Who wins? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China

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The teacher says English is the most spoken; Mei says Mandarin. Who wins?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, Mei · **What happens:** say, speak, win · **To what, where:** English · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The teacher says English is the most spoken; Mei says Mandarin.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t7:1
# text = The teacher says English is the most spoken; Mei says Mandarin.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	Mandarin	Mandarin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | English |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mei |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Who wins?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t7:2
# text = Who wins?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only the teacher, because English has the most native speakers by far

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t7:o1:1
# text = Only the teacher, because English has the most native speakers by far
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	10	advmod	_	_
10	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	speakers	speaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the teacher | the native speakers |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speaker=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Both, by different measures: total speakers and native speakers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t7:o2:1
# text = Both, by different measures: total speakers and native speakers
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	measures	measure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	speakers	speaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	speakers	speaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only Mei, because Mandarin is first by every measure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t7:o3:1
# text = Only Mei, because Mandarin is first by every measure
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
5	Mandarin	Mandarin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mei and Mandarin |  |  |  |  | by every measure; first *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither of them: Latin still has the most speakers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t7:o4:1
# text = Neither of them: Latin still has the most speakers
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	Latin	Latin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	speakers	speaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Neither | the most speakers |  |  | still |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speaker=Patient |

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