--- title: Why do most Chinese people call themselves the Han people? — Ancient China: dynasties, the First Em… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do most Chinese people call themselves the Han people? Test 5 of lesson 9 «Ancient China: dynasties, the First Emperor and the Great Wall» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall/t5/) [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/) / [Ancient China: dynasties, the First Em…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall/) / t5 # Test 5 · Ancient China: dynasties, the First Emperor and the Great… Why do most Chinese people call themselves the Han people? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** most Chinese people · **What happens:** call · **To what, where:** people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 of lesson 9 «Ancient China: dynasties, the First Emperor and the Great Wall» 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/9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall:t5:1 # text = Why do most Chinese people call themselves the Han people? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 4 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Han Han PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present · do-support | most Chinese people | people | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent themselves=Recipient | 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 {#o1} The Han were the first farmers by the Yellow River ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall:t5:o1:1 # text = The Han were the first farmers by the Yellow River 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Han Han PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Yellow Yellow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the Han | the first farmers | | | | by the Yellow River | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because of a famous film about a hero called Han ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall:t5:o2:1 # text = Because of a famous film about a hero called Han 1 Because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 5 case _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 Han Han PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | | a hero *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Han means "the people of the wall" in Chinese ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall:t5:o3:1 # text = Han means "the people of the wall" in Chinese 1 Han han NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Chinese Chinese PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Han | the people of the wall | | | | in Chinese | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot people=Theme in chinese=Attribute | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Han dynasty was so long and important ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall:t5:o4:1 # text = The Han dynasty was so long and important 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Han Han PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 dynasty dynasty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Han dynasty | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the Han dynasty *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | **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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