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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dragon (lóng) in Chinese tradition? Exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Animals and "what animal are you?"» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 3 · Animals and "what animal are you?"

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dragon (lóng) in Chinese tradition?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** dragon, Chinese tradition

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Animals and "what animal are you?"» 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/19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dragon (lóng) in Chinese tradition?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	lóng	lóng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the dragon |  | Chinese tradition |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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 {#o1}

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It is a minor domestic animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:e3:o1:1
# text = It is a minor domestic animal
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	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	animal	animal	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 minor domestic animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a creature of ill omen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:e3:o2:1
# text = It is a creature of ill omen
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	omen	omen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is auspicious and wise, associated with bringing rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:e3:o3:1
# text = It is auspicious and wise, associated with bringing rain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	auspicious	auspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	associated	associate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | auspicious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **associate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with bringing rain | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with rain=Co-Patient |
| 4 | **bring** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a malevolent fire-breathing beast that destroys villages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:e3:o4:1
# text = It is a malevolent fire-breathing beast that destroys villages
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	malevolent	malevolent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	amod	_	_
8	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	destroys	destroy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	villages	village	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | a malevolent breathing beast |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **destroy** | present | a malevolent breathing beast | villages |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Patient |

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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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