Exam question 4 · Dinner at the friend's house

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between mántou and bāozi?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: distinction

This is exam question 4 of lesson 11 «Dinner at the friend's house» of the Chinese street 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 distinction	det
10	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 mántou	case
12	mántou	mántou	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinction	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bāozi	cc
14	bāozi	bāozi	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mántou	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the distinction				of the following statements; between mántou and bāozi; accurately property	tree rules

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Both denote boiled dumplings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 denote	nsubj
2	denote	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dumplings	amod
4	dumplings	dumpling	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	Both	boiled dumplings					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dumpling=Topic
2	boil	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Both denote fried rice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 denote	nsubj
2	denote	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fried	fry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rice	amod
4	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	Both	fried rice					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rice=Topic
2	fry	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The former contains a filling, whereas the latter is plain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 contains	nsubj
3	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 filling	det
5	filling	filling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contains	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 plain	punct
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	11 plain	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 latter	det
9	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 plain	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 plain	cop
11	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 contains	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	the former	a filling					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot filling=Theme
2	is	present	the latter					plain property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The former is a plain steamed bun; the latter has a filling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bun	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bun	amod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bun	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bun	det
5	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bun	amod
6	steamed	steam	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bun	amod
7	bun	bun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 has	nsubj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 latter	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 latter	det
10	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bun	conj
11	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 filling	det
13	filling	filling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	steam	participle			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present		the former plain steamed bun	tree rules
3	be				tree rules
4	have	present	the former plain steamed bun	a filling	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent filling=Patient

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