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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Dinner at the friend's house · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning zhōu. Exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Dinner at the friend's house» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · Dinner at the friend's house

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning zhōu.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, zhōu

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Dinner at the friend's house» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/11-dinner-at-the-friends-house/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning zhōu.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	zhōu	zhōu	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | zhōu |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus zhōu=Experiencer |

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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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It is a sweet oat porridge served with milk and sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:e3:o1:1
# text = It is a sweet oat porridge served with milk and sugar
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	oat	oat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	porridge	porridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a sweet oat porridge |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **serve** | participle |  | a sweet oat porridge *not said here* |  |  |  | with milk and sugar | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with milk=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a festive dumpling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:e3:o2:1
# text = It is a festive dumpling
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	festive	festive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dumpling	dumpling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a festive dumpling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It is a savoury rice porridge eaten at breakfast or in illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:e3:o3:1
# text = It is a savoury rice porridge eaten at breakfast or in illness
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	savoury	savoury	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	porridge	porridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a savoury rice porridge |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | participle |  | a savoury rice porridge *not said here* |  | breakfast or illness |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a fried noodle dish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:e3:o4:1
# text = It is a fried noodle dish
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	fried	fry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	noodle	noodle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | a fried noodle dish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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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