Exam question 3 · Animals and "what animal are you?"

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dragon (lóng) in Chinese tradition?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: dragon, Chinese tradition

This is exam question 3 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

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 dragon	det
10	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 lóng	punct
12	lóng	lóng	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dragon	appos
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 lóng	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 tradition	case
15	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tradition	amod
16	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	?	?	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 dragon		Chinese tradition		of the following statements; 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

It is a minor domestic animal

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	6 animal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 animal	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 animal	det
4	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animal	amod
5	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animal	amod
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a minor domestic animal					tree rules

Option 2

It is a creature of ill omen

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	4 creature	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 creature	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 creature	det
4	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 omen	case
6	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 omen	amod
7	omen	omen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 creature	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a creature				of ill omen	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is auspicious and wise, associated with bringing rain

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 auspicious	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 auspicious	cop
3	auspicious	auspicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wise	cc
5	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 auspicious	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 associated	punct
7	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 auspicious	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 rain	case
9	bringing	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 rain	amod
10	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 associated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	auspicious property	tree rules
2	be				tree rules
3	associate	participle		with bringing rain	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with rain=Co-Patient
4	bring	gerund			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is a malevolent fire-breathing beast that destroys villages

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	8 beast	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 beast	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 beast	det
4	malevolent	malevolent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 beast	amod
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 breathing	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 fire	punct
7	breathing	breathe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 beast	amod
8	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 destroys	nsubj
10	destroys	destroy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 beast	acl:relcl
11	villages	village	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 destroys	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	breathe	gerund			vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	It	a malevolent breathing beast	tree rules
3	destroy	present	a malevolent breathing beast	villages	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Patient

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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