--- title: What would have happened if paper had never left China? — Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, let… · tree and pragmatics description: What would have happened if paper had never left China? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 75 «Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, let…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news What would have happened if paper had never left China? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen, not leave · **To what, where:** paper This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 75 «Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news» 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/75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news:t12:1 # text = What would have happened if paper had never left China? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | paper | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme china=Attribute | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Books in other lands would have stayed costly, written on skins ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news:t12:o1:1 # text = Books in other lands would have stayed costly, written on skins 1 Books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 7 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 costly costly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | would · perfect · passive | | Books in other lands | | | | costly *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location | | 2 | **write** | participle | | | | skins | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on skin=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Europe would have had even more books ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news:t12:o2:1 # text = Europe would have had even more books 1 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would · perfect | Europe | more books | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing at all would have changed ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news:t12:o3:1 # text = Nothing at all would have changed 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would · perfect | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Everyone would have started using phones much earlier instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news:t12:o4:1 # text = Everyone would have started using phones much earlier instead 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 earlier early ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 9 instead instead ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | would · perfect | Everyone | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **use** | gerund | Everyone *not said here* | phones | | | | early, instead *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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