Exam question 2 · Spring Festival — Chinese New Year
It is given that the character for "fortune" is affixed inverted upon a door. Select the statement that accurately characterises the reason.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, statement · What happens: give, affix, invert, select, characteris · To what, where: It, character, statement, reason
This is exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Spring Festival — Chinese New Year» 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 the character for "fortune" is affixed inverted upon a door.
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 | _ | 12 affixed | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 character | det |
| 6 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 affixed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 fortune | case |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 fortune | punct |
| 9 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 character | nmod |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 character | punct |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 affixed | aux:pass |
| 12 | affixed | affix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 13 | inverted | invert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 affixed | xcomp |
| 14 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 16 door | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 door | det |
| 16 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 inverted | obl |
| 17 | . | . | 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 | affix | present · passive | the character for fortune | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | invert | participle | upon a door | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
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 that accurately characterises the reason.
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 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 characterises | nsubj |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 characterises | advmod |
| 6 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 statement | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 reason | det |
| 8 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 characterises | obj |
| 9 | . | . | 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 | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme | ||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the statement | the reason | accurately property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Inversion averts the attention of thieves from the household
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inversion | inversion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 averts | nsubj |
| 2 | averts | avert | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 attention | det |
| 4 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 averts | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 thieves | case |
| 6 | thieves | thief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 attention | nmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 household | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 household | det |
| 9 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 averts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | avert | present | Inversion | the attention of thieves | the household | tree rules | |||
| 2 | attend | thieves | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2
It was affixed in error by careless persons
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 affixed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 affixed | aux:pass |
| 3 | affixed | affix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 error | case |
| 5 | error | error | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 affixed | obl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 persons | case |
| 7 | careless | careless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 persons | amod |
| 8 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 affixed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | affix | past · passive | careless persons | It | error | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 3
Inversion denotes mourning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inversion | inversion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 denotes | nsubj |
| 2 | denotes | denote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | mourning | mourning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 denotes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | denote | present | Inversion | mourning | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mourning=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
dào (inverted) sounds like dào (arrived): fortune has arrived
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dào | dào | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sounds | nsubj |
| 2 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 inverted | punct |
| 3 | inverted | invert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 dào | acl |
| 4 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 inverted | punct |
| 5 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 dào | case |
| 7 | dào | dào | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 sounds | obl |
| 8 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 9 arrived | punct |
| 9 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 dào | acl |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 9 arrived | punct |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 arrived | punct |
| 12 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 arrived | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 arrived | aux |
| 14 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 sounds | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invert | participle | dào not said here | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | sound | present | dào | like dào | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | arrive | participle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | arrive | present · perfect · passive | fortune | tree rules |
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