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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★

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★★★ «Tea, silver, opium, war, Hong Kong.» Which link explains why British traders brought opium to China?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** link, British traders · **What happens:** explain, bring · **To what, where:** opium, China · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 86 «Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★» 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/86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «Tea, silver, opium, war, Hong Kong.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t8:1
# text = ★★★ «Tea, silver, opium, war, Hong Kong.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	_	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	opium	opium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	Hong	Hong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
14	Kong	Kong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Which link explains why British traders brought opium to China?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t8:2
# text = Which link explains why British traders brought opium to China?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	link	link	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	traders	trader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	opium	opium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | which link |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bring** | past | British traders | opium | China |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent opium=Theme to china=Destination |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Opium was the price agreed for Hong Kong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t8:o1:1
# text = Opium was the price agreed for Hong Kong
1	Opium	Opium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Hong	Hong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	Kong	Kong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Opium | the price |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the price |  |  |  |  | for Hong | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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China's emperor asked Britain for opium

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t8:o2:1
# text = China's emperor asked Britain for opium
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	opium	opium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | China's emperor |  | Britain |  |  | for opium | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent britain=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They wanted silver back after paying for tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t8:o3:1
# text = They wanted silver back after paying for tea
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want back** | past | They | silver |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot silver=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for tea | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for tea=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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They wanted to grow opium in the fields of southern China

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t8:o4:1
# text = They wanted to grow opium in the fields of southern China
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	opium	opium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | opium |  | the fields of southern China |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location opium=Theme |

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