Exam question 3 · Spring Festival — Chinese New Year
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "niányèfàn"?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: term
This is exam question 3 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
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 term | det |
| 10 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 niányèfàn | punct |
| 12 | niányèfàn | niányèfàn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 term | appos |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 niányèfàn | punct |
| 14 | ? | ? | 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 term | 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 · ← Mova's choice
A meal eaten at the Moon Festival by the family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 meal | det |
| 2 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 meal | acl |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 Festival | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Festival | det |
| 6 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Festival | compound |
| 7 | Festival | Festival | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 eaten | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 family | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 family | det |
| 10 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eaten | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | participle | a meal not said here | the Moon Festival | by the family | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A banquet held on one's birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 banquet | det |
| 2 | banquet | banquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 banquet | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 birthday | case |
| 5 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 one | case |
| 7 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | participle | a banquet not said here | one's birthday | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on birthday=Location |
Option 3
A breakfast eaten on the first day of spring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 breakfast | det |
| 2 | breakfast | breakfast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 breakfast | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 day | amod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eaten | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 spring | case |
| 9 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | participle | a breakfast not said here | day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The family reunion dinner held on New Year's Eve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dinner | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reunion | compound |
| 3 | reunion | reunion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dinner | compound |
| 4 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 dinner | acl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 Eve | case |
| 7 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Year | compound |
| 8 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Eve | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Year | case |
| 10 | Eve | Eve | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 held | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | participle | the reunion dinner not said here | New Year's Eve | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on eve=Location |
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