Exam question 3 · Red envelopes and New Year wishes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phrase "hóngbāo ná lái"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: phrase

This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «Red envelopes and New Year wishes» 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 phrase	det
10	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 hóngbāo	punct
12	hóngbāo	hóngbāo	X	Foreign=Yes	10 phrase	appos
13	ná	ná	X	Foreign=Yes	12 hóngbāo	flat:foreign
14	lái	lái	X	Foreign=Yes	12 hóngbāo	flat:foreign
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 hóngbāo	punct
16	?	?	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 phrase				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 · ✓ the right answer

A jocular rhyme demanding the envelope, apt only within close family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rhyme	det
2	jocular	jocular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rhyme	amod
3	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 apt	nsubj
4	demanding	demand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 rhyme	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 envelope	det
6	envelope	envelope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 demanding	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 apt	punct
8	apt	apt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	only	only	ADV	_	12 family	advmod
10	within	within	ADP	_	12 family	case
11	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 family	amod
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 apt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	gerund	a jocular rhyme not said here	the envelope					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme envelope=Precondition

Option 2

A formal expression of gratitude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 expression	det
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 expression	amod
3	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 gratitude	case
5	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expression	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A prohibition on opening gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 prohibition	det
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 gifts	case
4	opening	open	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 gifts	amod
5	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prohibition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	gerund							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A solemn blessing for the health of elders, uttered on New Year's Eve

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 blessing	det
2	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 blessing	amod
3	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 health	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 health	det
6	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blessing	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 elders	case
8	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 health	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 uttered	punct
10	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 blessing	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	15 Eve	case
12	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Year	compound
13	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Eve	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Year	case
15	Eve	Eve	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 uttered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	utter speech: other	participle				New Year's Eve			vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

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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