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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expressions shàng kè and xià kè. Exam question 2 of lesson 15 «School words» 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 w
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# Exam question 2 · School words

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expressions shàng kè and xià kè.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, expressions · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, shàng · **To what, where:** response, expressions, kè

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 15 «School words» 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/15-school-words/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expressions shàng kè and xià kè.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	expressions	expression	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	shàng	shàng	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	kè	kè	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	xià	xià	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	kè	kè	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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* | the expressions |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=Experiencer |
| 4 | **shàng** | gerund | the expressions *not said here* | kè and xià kè |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They denote a test and its result

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:e2:o1:1
# text = They denote a test and its result
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denote	denote	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | They | a test and its result |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot test=Topic |
| 2 | **result** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom result «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They denote, respectively, a teacher and a pupil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:e2:o2:1
# text = They denote, respectively, a teacher and a pupil
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denote	denote	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | They | a teacher and a pupil |  |  |  | respectively *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They denote, respectively, the morning and the afternoon session

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:e2:o3:1
# text = They denote, respectively, the morning and the afternoon session
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denote	denote	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	session	session	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | They |  |  |  |  | respectively *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They denote the commencement and the conclusion of a lesson

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:e2:o4:1
# text = They denote the commencement and the conclusion of a lesson
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denote	denote	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	commencement	commencement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | They | the commencement and the conclusion of a lesson |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot commencement=Topic |
| 2 | **conclude** |  |  | a lesson |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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