Exam question 4 · Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays
Ascertain the character of the observance designated "Qīngmíng jié".
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, observance · What happens: ascertain, designate · To what, where: character, Qīngmíng jié
This is exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays» 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 character | det |
| 3 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 observance | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 observance | det |
| 6 | observance | observance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 character | nmod |
| 7 | designated | designate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 observance | acl |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 jié | punct |
| 9 | Qīngmíng | Qīngmíng | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 jié | compound |
| 10 | jié | jié | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 designated | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 jié | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the character of the observance | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent character=Topic | ||||
| 2 | designate | participle | the observance not said here | Qīngmíng jié | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jié=Theme |
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 · ✓ the right answer
A solemn day for visiting and tending ancestral graves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 2 | solemn | solemn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 visiting | mark |
| 5 | visiting | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 day | acl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tending | cc |
| 7 | tending | tend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 visiting | conj |
| 8 | ancestral | ancestral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 graves | amod |
| 9 | graves | grave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 tending | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | gerund | a solemn day not said here | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | tend | gerund | a solemn day not said here | ancestral graves | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grave=Theme |
Option 2
A festival of riotous celebration with fireworks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 festival | det |
| 2 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 celebration | case |
| 4 | riotous | riotous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 celebration | amod |
| 5 | celebration | celebration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 festival | nmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 fireworks | case |
| 7 | fireworks | firework | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 celebration | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
A night for viewing the full moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 night | det |
| 2 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 4 viewing | mark |
| 4 | viewing | view | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 night | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 moon | det |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 moon | amod |
| 7 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 viewing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | view | gerund | a night not said here | the full moon | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moon=Stimulus |
Option 4
A day for the exchange of red envelopes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 day | det |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 exchange | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 exchange | det |
| 5 | exchange | exchange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 day | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 envelopes | case |
| 7 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 envelopes | amod |
| 8 | envelopes | envelope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 exchange | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exchange | red envelopes | nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
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