Exam question 2 · Animals and "what animal are you?"

It is given that an individual was born on the fifth day of January. Select the statement consistent with the established conventions of the Chinese zodiac.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, bear, select, establish · To what, where: It, individual, statement

This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Animals and "what animal are you?"» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that an individual was born on the fifth day of January.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 born	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 individual	det
6	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 born	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 born	aux:pass
8	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 day	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
11	fifth	fifth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 day	amod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 born	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 January	case
14	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 day	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	bear	past · passive		a individual			day		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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.

Sentence 2: Select the statement consistent with the established conventions of the Chinese zodiac.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 conventions	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conventions	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 conventions	amod
8	conventions	convention	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 zodiac	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 zodiac	det
11	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 zodiac	amod
12	zodiac	zodiac	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conventions	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement				consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He may belong to the preceding year's animal, the year turning at Chinese New Year

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 belong	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 belong	aux
3	belong	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	9 animal	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animal	det
6	preceding	precede	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 animal	amod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 animal	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 year	case
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belong	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 year	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 year	det
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 animal	appos
13	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 year	acl
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 Year	case
15	Chinese	Chinese	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Year	compound
16	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Year	compound
17	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 turning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	belong	may	He		to year's preceding animal	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	precede	gerund				vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	turn	gerund	the year not said here	at Chinese New Year		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at year=Trajectory

Option 2

The individual is assigned no animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 individual	det
2	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assigned	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 assigned	aux:pass
4	assigned	assign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assigned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assign	present · passive		the individual					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal animal=Theme

Option 3

The animal is determined by the month of birth alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 determined	aux:pass
4	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 month	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 month	det
7	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 birth	case
9	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 month	nmod
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 determined	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive		the animal			month	alone property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

He invariably belongs to the new year's animal, the year turning on the first of January

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 belongs	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 belongs	advmod
3	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	9 animal	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 year	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 year	amod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 animal	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 year	case
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belongs	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 year	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 year	det
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 animal	appos
13	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 year	acl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 first	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 first	det
16	first	first	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 turning	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 January	case
18	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 first	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	He					to the new year's animal; invariably property	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	turn	gerund	the year not said here			the first of January			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on first=Trajectory

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