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title: Zara's friend from Taiwan sighs at «Chinese Taipei». Which statement… — Taiwan, China and the word «tensions» · tree and pragmatics
description: Zara's friend from Taiwan sighs at «Chinese Taipei». Which statement is fair? Test 6 · ★★ 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 6 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

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Zara's friend from Taiwan sighs at «Chinese Taipei». Which statement is fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, statement · **What happens:** sigh, be · **To what, where:** Chinese Taipei

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zara's friend from Taiwan sighs at «Chinese Taipei».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t6:1
# text = Zara's friend from Taiwan sighs at «Chinese Taipei».
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	sighs	sigh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Taipei	Taipei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sigh** | present | Zara's friend from Taiwan |  |  | Chinese Taipei |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which statement is fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t6:2
# text = Which statement is fair?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which statement |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Some say the name lets athletes compete; others say Taiwan should use its own name

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t6:o1:1
# text = Some say the name lets athletes compete; others say Taiwan should use its own name
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	athletes	athlete	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	compete	compete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Some |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **let** | present | the name |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **compete** | infinitive | athletes |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | others |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **use** | should | Taiwan | name's own name |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient |
| 6 | **name** |  | name |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Everyone in Taiwan loves the name and asked for it, because it sounds better than any other name

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t6:o2:1
# text = Everyone in Taiwan loves the name and asked for it, because it sounds better than any other name
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
15	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	xcomp	_	_
16	than	than	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	19	det	_	_
18	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Everyone | the name |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for name | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sound** | present | name |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Taiwan is not allowed at the Olympics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t6:o3:1
# text = Taiwan is not allowed at the Olympics
1	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Olympics	Olympic	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Taiwan |  | the Olympics |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Taipei is a different country from Taiwan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t6:o4:1
# text = Taipei is a different country from Taiwan
1	Taipei	Taipei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Taipei | a different country |  | Taiwan |  |  | tree rules |

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