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title: It is given that the phrase "qì sǐ wǒ le" contains the element sǐ. S… — Happy, angry, bored, scared · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that the phrase "qì sǐ wǒ le" contains the element sǐ. Select the statement that accurately characterises the function of that element. Exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Happy, angry, bored, scared» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 2 · Happy, angry, bored, scared

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It is given that the phrase "qì sǐ wǒ le" contains the element sǐ. Select the statement that accurately characterises the function of that element.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** qì, phrase, you, statement · **What happens:** give, le, contain, select, characteris · **To what, where:** It, element sǐ, statement, function

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Happy, angry, bored, scared» 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/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the phrase "qì sǐ wǒ le" contains the element sǐ.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:e2:1
# text = It is given that the phrase "qì sǐ wǒ le" contains the element sǐ.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	qì	qì	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	nsubj	_	_
9	sǐ	sǐ	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	wǒ	wǒ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	compound	_	_
11	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	sǐ	sǐ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **le** *in a quote* |  | qì |  |  |  |  | sǐ *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **contain** | present | the phrase | the element sǐ |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sǐ=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the statement that accurately characterises the function of that element.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:e2:2
# text = Select the statement that accurately characterises the function of that element.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 statement |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | the statement | the function of that element |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It denotes the death of the speaker, literally understood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:e2:o1:1
# text = It denotes the death of the speaker, literally understood
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	understood	understand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | the death of the speaker |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot death=Topic |
| 2 | **understand** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | literally *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **die** |  | the speaker |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It renders the utterance a question

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:e2:o2:1
# text = It renders the utterance a question
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	utterance	utterance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | It | the utterance |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent utterance=Recipient question=Theme |

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

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It intensifies the feeling and does not denote actual death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:e2:o3:1
# text = It intensifies the feeling and does not denote actual death
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	intensifies	intensify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	denote	denote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	actual	actual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intensify** | present | It | the feeling |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **denote** | present · do-support |  | actual death |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot death=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It denotes the death of a third party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:e2:o4:1
# text = It denotes the death of a third party
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | the death of a third party |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot death=Topic |
| 2 | **die** |  | a third party |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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