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title: In a British cartoon a dragon burns a village. Lín's granny says Chi… — Animals and "what animal are you?" · tree and pragmatics
description: In a British cartoon a dragon burns a village. Lín's granny says Chinese dragons aren't like that. What's she right about? Test 5 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Animals and "what animal are you?"

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In a British cartoon a dragon burns a village. Lín's granny says Chinese dragons aren't like that. What's she right about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dragon, granny · **What happens:** burn, say, not be, be · **To what, where:** village, British cartoon, Chinese dragons, granny · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Animals and "what animal are you?"» of the Chinese street 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/chinese-street/19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a British cartoon a dragon burns a village.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:t5:1
# text = In a British cartoon a dragon burns a village.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present | a dragon | a village |  | a British cartoon |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent village=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:* Lín's granny says Chinese dragons aren't like that.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:t5:2
# text = Lín's granny says Chinese dragons aren't like that.
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lín's granny | Chinese dragons |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dragon=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | like that | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's she right about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:t5:3
# text = What's she right about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Chinese dragons are even scarier and burn cities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:t5:o1:1
# text = Chinese dragons are even scarier and burn cities
1	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	scarier	scarey	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Chinese dragons |  |  |  |  | scarey *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **burn** | infinitive | Chinese dragons *not said here* | cities |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent city=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Chinese dragons live only in deep caves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:t5:o2:1
# text = Chinese dragons live only in deep caves
1	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Chinese dragons |  |  | deep caves |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chinese dragons are always small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:t5:o3:1
# text = Chinese dragons are always small
1	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Chinese dragons |  |  |  |  | always, small *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Chinese dragons are lucky, wise rain-bringers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:t5:o4:1
# text = Chinese dragons are lucky, wise rain-bringers
1	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	bringers	bringer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Chinese dragons |  |  |  |  | wise rain bringers *obl*; lucky *property* | tree rules |

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