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title: Identify the event of 1949 from which the two designations «Republic… — Taiwan, China and the word «tensions» · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the event of 1949 from which the two designations «Republic of China» and «People's Republic of China» derive. Exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 2 · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

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Identify the event of 1949 from which the two designations «Republic of China» and «People's Republic of China» derive.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, two designations · **What happens:** identify, derive · **To what, where:** event

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:e2:1
# text = Identify the event of 1949 from which the two designations «Republic of China» and «People's Republic of China» derive.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1949	1949	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	designations	designation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
24	derive	derive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the event of 1949 |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme |
| 2 | **derive** | present | the two designations |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The conclusion of a civil war, after which the losing government withdrew to Taiwan

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:e2:o1:1
# text = The conclusion of a civil war, after which the losing government withdrew to Taiwan
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	civil	civil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **withdraw** | past | the conclusion of a civil war |  |  | Taiwan |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to taiwan=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **conclude** |  |  | a civil war |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The founding of the Olympic Games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:e2:o2:1
# text = The founding of the Olympic Games
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	founding	founding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Olympic	Olympic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Games	Game	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** |  |  | the Olympic Games |  |  |  |  | nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The signing of the Charter of the United Nations, which assigned a separate designation to each government

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:e2:o3:1
# text = The signing of the Charter of the United Nations, which assigned a separate designation to each government
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	signing	signing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Charter	Charter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	9	compound	_	_
9	Nations	Nation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	assigned	assign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | past | the signing of the Charter of the United Nations | a separate designation |  |  |  | to each government *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent designation=Theme to government=Goal |
| 2 | **sign** |  |  | the Charter of the United Nations |  |  |  |  | nom signing «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The invention of the computer chip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:e2:o4:1
# text = The invention of the computer chip
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** |  |  | the computer chip |  |  |  |  | nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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