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title: Yuki's friend: "Japan got rich by copying? That's sus." ("Sus" means… — Why some places grew rich · tree and pragmatics
description: Yuki's friend: "Japan got rich by copying? That's sus." ("Sus" means suspicious.) Fairest reply? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 72 «Why some places grew rich» 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 · ★ · Why some places grew rich

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Yuki's friend: "Japan got rich by copying? That's sus." ("Sus" means suspicious.) Fairest reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, That, Sus · **What happens:** get, copy, be, mean

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 72 «Why some places grew rich» 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/72-why-some-places-grew-rich/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Yuki's friend: "Japan got rich by copying?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t9:1
# text = Yuki's friend: "Japan got rich by copying?
1	Yuki	Yuki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Yuki's friend |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **copy** *in a quote* | gerund | Yuki's friend *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: 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:* That's sus."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t9:2
# text = That's sus."
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | suspect *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* ("Sus" means suspicious.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t9:3
# text = ("Sus" means suspicious.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	suspicious	suspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Sus |  |  |  |  | suspicious *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* Fairest reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t9:4
# text = Fairest reply?
1	Fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Japan never learned from anyone at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t9:o1:1
# text = Japan never learned from anyone at all
1	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | past | Japan |  |  | anyone |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from anyone=Source |

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

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Learning from others and building your own versions is smart, not cheating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t9:o2:1
# text = Learning from others and building your own versions is smart, not cheating
1	Learning	learn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	building	build	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	versions	version	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | gerund |  |  |  | others |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from other=Source |
| 2 | **build** | gerund |  | your own versions |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset version=Product |
| 3 | **is** | present | Learning |  |  |  |  | smart *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **cheat** | gerund | Learning *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Copying is the only way any country has ever grown, so everyone copied everything

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t9:o3:1
# text = Copying is the only way any country has ever grown, so everyone copied everything
1	Copying	copying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	nsubj	_	_
14	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Copying | the only way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present · perfect · passive | the only way *not said here* | any country |  |  | ever |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **copy** | past | everyone | everything |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Japan stole everything and built nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t9:o4:1
# text = Japan stole everything and built nothing
1	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | Japan | everything |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location everything=Theme |
| 2 | **build** | past | Japan *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nothing=Product |

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