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title: If a zoo abroad had a panda cub, what would usually happen? — China: Mei's exaggerations and everyda… · tree and pragmatics
description: If a zoo abroad had a panda cub, what would usually happen? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 right.
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If a zoo abroad had a panda cub, what would usually happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** zoo, panda cub · **What happens:** have, happen · **To what, where:** panda cub

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t9:1
# text = If a zoo abroad had a panda cub, what would usually happen?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	panda	panda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | a zoo | a panda cub |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Patient |
| 2 | **happen** | would | a panda cub |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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It would be sold to another zoo for a lot of money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t9:o1:1
# text = It would be sold to another zoo for a lot of money
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | would · passive |  | It | another zoo |  |  | for a lot of money | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme to zoo=Recipient for lot=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It would be released into the wild in that country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t9:o2:1
# text = It would be released into the wild in that country
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | would · passive |  | It |  | the wild |  | in that country | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It would be sent to China after some time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t9:o3:1
# text = It would be sent to China after some time
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | would · passive |  | It | China |  | time |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to china=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It would stay forever as a gift to that country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t9:o4:1
# text = It would stay forever as a gift to that country
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | would | It |  |  |  |  | as a gift; to that country; forever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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