Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 27 of the chinese street course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓
my mate wished Lín's family "happy Qingming!!" with a big grin. good idea?
- 1. No, it's a quiet day of remembering the dead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No, you should say gōngxǐ fācái — no support
- 3. Yes, it's a birthday — no support
- 4. Yes, it's a big party with fireworks — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓
You cut Grandad's birthday noodles into short bits to eat them neatly. What might the family think?
- 1. Long noodles mean long life — don't cut them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Cutting them brings double luck to Grandad this year — score 2
- 3. Short noodles are more polite — no support
- 4. Nothing, noodles don't matter at all — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 9: «miàntiáo («MYEN-tyow?») are noodles; slurping is fine, and on birthdays long noodles are not cut, because they mean long life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «mean» (+2); the same thing acted on «long life» (+2); the same doer «birthdays» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
In a cartoon a girl eats a zòngzi leaves and all. What's wrong?
- 1. You don't eat the bamboo leaves — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nothing, the leaves are the best bit — no support
- 3. You eat only the leaves — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. Zòngzi have no leaves — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 10: «"zòngzi" are sticky rice parcels wrapped in bamboo leaves and tied with string; you don't eat the leaves, and sweet versus salty filling starts north–south fam…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same thing acted on «leaves» (+4). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓
Lín's granny from the north and auntie from the south argue about zòngzi. What's it about?
- 1. Sweet versus salty filling — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Which day of the year to eat them — no support
- 3. The colour of the string around them — no support
- 4. Whether anyone should eat them at all — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
A friend wants to eat a whole mooncake alone after dinner. What would probably happen?
- 1. It's only decoration, not food at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It's healthy, eat two — no support
- 3. It's far too rich — families share small slices — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It's just a small biscuit, so that's fine for one kid — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓
Lín says New Year ends on New Year's Day. His granny disagrees. Why?
- 1. It ends on Christmas Day — no support
- 2. It goes on until the Moon Festival in autumn — no support
- 3. It never ends — no support
- 4. It isn't over until the Lantern Festival — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 1: «The Chinese year is full of festivals, all set by the moon: fifteen days after New Year comes Yuánxiāo jié, the Lantern Festival, at the first full moon, and o…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓
Which festival is a family reunion night second only to New Year?
- 1. Duānwǔ jié, Dragon Boat Festival — score 10
- 2. Zhōngqiū jié, the Moon Festival — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 16
- 3. Qīngmíng jié, Tomb-Sweeping Day — score 16
- 4. Yuánxiāo jié, Lantern Festival — score 16
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 16, tied with another option at 16 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 27, line 12: «"Zhōngqiū jié" is the Mid-Autumn or Moon Festival, in September or October at the full moon; it is a family reunion night second only to New Year.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «reunion night» (+4); the same receiver «new year» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «jié» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗
What would happen to a dragon boat whose paddlers ignore the drummer?
- 1. They'd lift off and fly over the water — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They'd go much faster without the noise — no support
- 3. They'd lose the rhythm and slow down — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nothing, the drum is just for decoration — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓
Why are tāngyuán round, the family says?
- 1. Round looks like a shiny gold coin — no support
- 2. Round means the family together — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. Round ones roll into the pot faster — no support
- 4. Round is much easier to chew and swallow — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 7: «"tāngyuán" are sweet rice balls in warm syrup, often with black sesame inside; their round shape means the family together, and they are hot inside.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same thing acted on «family» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Lín looks at the full moon and says he sees the rabbit. What story is he thinking of?
- 1. The drowned poet — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Monkey King — no support
- 3. The monster nián — no support
- 4. Cháng'é and the jade rabbit — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Order these from the start of the year: Moon Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival.
- 1. Moon, Lantern, Dragon Boat — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Lantern, Moon, Dragon Boat — no support
- 3. Dragon Boat, Moon, Lantern — no support
- 4. Lantern, Dragon Boat, Moon — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Lín's cousin says all Chinese festivals are parties. Which one shows he's wrong?
- 1. Zhōngqiū jié, with mooncakes — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Qīngmíng jié, a quiet day at family graves — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Yuánxiāo jié, with lanterns and riddles — score 6
- 4. Duānwǔ jié, with boat races — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 27, line 6: «"Yuánxiāo jié" is the Lantern Festival, fifteen days after New Year, at the first full moon of the year; it ends the New Year season.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «yuánxiāo jié» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the festival held fifteen days after the Chinese New Year, coinciding with the first full moon of the year.
- 1. Duānwǔ jié — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yuánxiāo jié — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Zhōngqiū jié — no support
- 4. Qīngmíng jié — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates a poet who drowned. Select the greeting consistent with this association as preferred by certain families.
- 1. Duānwǔ hóngbāo — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Duānwǔ fācái — no support
- 3. Duānwǔ ānkāng — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Duānwǔ wǎn'ān — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consumption of longevity noodles upon a birthday?
- 1. They are eaten unbroken, length signifying long life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. The noodles are consumed cold at midnight — no support
- 3. The noodles are severed to signify a fresh start in the new year — no support
- 4. The noodles are reserved for the youngest guest — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 16: «"chángshòumiàn" are longevity noodles eaten on birthdays, especially grandparents'; you don't cut or bite them short, because long noodles mean long life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same thing acted on «long life» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the character of the observance designated "Qīngmíng jié".
- 1. A solemn day for visiting and tending ancestral graves — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A festival of riotous celebration with fireworks — no support
- 3. A night for viewing the full moon — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. A day for the exchange of red envelopes — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 12: «"Zhōngqiū jié" is the Mid-Autumn or Moon Festival, in September or October at the full moon; it is a family reunion night second only to New Year.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «zhōngqiū jié» (+2); the same thing acted on «mid-autumn» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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