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title: What would happen to phones and games consoles if Taiwan's chip fact… — Taiwan, China and the word «tensions» · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to phones and games consoles if Taiwan's chip factories stopped? Test 3 · ★★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

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What would happen to phones and games consoles if Taiwan's chip factories stopped?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chip factories · **What happens:** happen, stop

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»» of the politics 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/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t3:1
# text = What would happen to phones and games consoles if Taiwan's chip factories stopped?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	compound	_	_
8	consoles	console	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	factories	factory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to phones and games consoles | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | Taiwan's chip factories |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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Making them would get much harder, because Taiwan makes most advanced chips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t3:o1:1
# text = Making them would get much harder, because Taiwan makes most advanced chips
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	12	advmod	_	_
12	advanced	advanced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 2 | **get** | would | Making |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **make** | present | Taiwan | advanced chips |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chip=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, because chips come from the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t3:o2:1
# text = Nothing, because chips come from the Moon
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | chips |  |  | the Moon |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from moon=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Phones would work better than before, because the chips from other places are faster and cheaper

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t3:o3:1
# text = Phones would work better than before, because the chips from other places are faster and cheaper
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	before	before	ADV	RB	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	parataxis	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | would | Phones |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the chips from other places |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the chips from other places *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only phones sold in Taiwan would stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t3:o4:1
# text = Only phones sold in Taiwan would stop
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | participle |  | phones *not said here* |  | Taiwan |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | would | phones |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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