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title: Dylan's game shows Taiwan the same colour as China; the school map s… — Taiwan, China and the word «tensions» · tree and pragmatics
description: Dylan's game shows Taiwan the same colour as China; the school map shows its own colour. Who is wrong? Test 8 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

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Dylan's game shows Taiwan the same colour as China; the school map shows its own colour. Who is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** game, school map · **What happens:** show, be · **To what, where:** same colour, Taiwan, own colour

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dylan's game shows Taiwan the same colour as China; the school map shows its own colour.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t8:1
# text = Dylan's game shows Taiwan the same colour as China; the school map shows its own colour.
1	Dylan	Dylan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Dylan's game | the same colour | Taiwan |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent taiwan=Recipient colour=Topic |
| 2 | **show** | present | the school map | map's own colour |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent colour=Recipient |

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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:* Who is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t8:2
# text = Who is wrong?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Neither tells the whole story: one follows official claims, the other who runs it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t8:o1:1
# text = Neither tells the whole story: one follows official claims, the other who runs it
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
8	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	claims	claim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod:unmarked	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Neither | the whole story |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |
| 2 | **follow** | present | one | official claims  the other |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |
| 3 | **run** | present | official claims  the other | story |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The school map, because schools are always wrong and game makers check every border with the UN first

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t8:o2:1
# text = The school map, because schools are always wrong and game makers check every border with the UN first
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	makers	maker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	UN	UN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | schools | the school map *not said here* |  |  |  | always, wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | present | the school map | every border |  |  |  | with the UN; first *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent border=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both, because Taiwan is in Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t8:o3:1
# text = Both, because Taiwan is in Africa
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Both |  |  | Africa |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The game, because games are always wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions:t8:o4:1
# text = The game, because games are always wrong
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
5	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the game because games |  |  |  |  | always, wrong *property* | tree rules |

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