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title: Real talk, what's this shinansha thing? — Myths and Legends of China, The Shinan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, what's this shinansha thing? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1349 «Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage, part 9: Kotei beats the fog and crosses the river in boats made after a spider's leaf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Po…

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Real talk, what's this shinansha thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Real talk · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** shinansha thing

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1349 «Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage, part 9: Kotei beats the fog and crosses the river in boats made after a spider's leaf» of the books 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/books/1349-pg4018-part9/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t7:1
# text = Real talk, what's this shinansha thing?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	shinansha	shinansha	X	FW	_	8	compound	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Real talk and this shinansha thing | this shinansha thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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a wagon that marks the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t7:o1:1
# text = a wagon that marks the north
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	marks	mark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | present | a wagon | the north |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent north=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a special carriage with a figure that points south at all times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t7:o2:1
# text = a special carriage with a figure that points south at all times
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	points	point	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	south	south	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | present | a special carriage with a figure |  |  |  | time | south *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a chariot that points south

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t7:o3:1
# text = a chariot that points south
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	points	point	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	south	south	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | present | a chariot |  |  |  |  | south *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a cart with a bell on top

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t7:o4:1
# text = a cart with a bell on top
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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