--- title: Why would an artist paint a crane to wish someone a long life? — China's mountains: golden snub-nosed m… · tree and pragmatics description: Why would an artist paint a crane to wish someone a long life? Test 10 of lesson 378 «China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-crowned cranes and giant salamanders» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [China's mountains: golden snub-nosed m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/) / t10 # Test 10 · China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-… Why would an artist paint a crane to wish someone a long life? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** artist paint · **What happens:** wish · **To what, where:** someone This is test 10 of lesson 378 «China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-crowned cranes and giant salamanders» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t10:1 # text = Why would an artist paint a crane to wish someone a long life? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 artist artist NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 crane crane NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | would | a artist paint | someone | | | | | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} In China and Japan the crane stands for long life and luck ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t10:o1:1 # text = In China and Japan the crane stands for long life and luck 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 Japan Japan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 crane crane NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | the crane | | | China and Japan | | for long life and luck | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in china=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cranes live for 1,000 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t10:o2:1 # text = Cranes live for 1,000 years 1 Cranes crane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 1,000 1000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | Cranes | | | | year | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cranes paint themselves ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t10:o3:1 # text = Cranes paint themselves 1 Cranes crane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 paint paint VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | present | Cranes | Cranes *= crane* | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cranes eat the medicine plants ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t10:o4:1 # text = Cranes eat the medicine plants 1 Cranes crane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | Cranes | the medicine plants | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient | **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. 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