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title: Ascertain the reason for which an umbrella may be considered an inau… — Weather and what Granny says to wear · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which an umbrella may be considered an inauspicious gift in some Chinese households. Exam question 4 of lesson 20 «Weather and what Granny says to wear» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 4 · Weather and what Granny says to wear

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Ascertain the reason for which an umbrella may be considered an inauspicious gift in some Chinese households.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, consider · **To what, where:** reason, umbrella, Chinese households

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 20 «Weather and what Granny says to wear» 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/20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which an umbrella may be considered an inauspicious gift in some Chinese households.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	inauspicious	inauspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	xcomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
16	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	households	household	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **consider** | may · passive |  | a umbrella |  | some Chinese households |  | for the reason | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |

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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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Umbrellas are deemed excessively costly as gifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:e4:o1:1
# text = Umbrellas are deemed excessively costly as gifts
1	Umbrellas	umbrella	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	deemed	deem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deem** | present · passive |  | Umbrellas |  |  |  | costly *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Umbrellas are associated with funerals only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:e4:o2:1
# text = Umbrellas are associated with funerals only
1	Umbrellas	umbrella	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	associated	associate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	funerals	funeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **associate** | present · passive |  | Umbrellas |  |  |  | with funerals | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with funeral=Co-Patient |

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

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Its name sǎn resembles sàn, signifying separation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:e4:o3:1
# text = Its name sǎn resembles sàn, signifying separation
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sǎn	sǎn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	resembles	resemble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sàn	sàn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	signifying	signify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	separation	separation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resemble** | present | Its name sǎn | sàn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **signify** | gerund | Its name sǎn *not said here* | separation |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot separation=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Umbrellas are prohibited indoors by ancient law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:e4:o4:1
# text = Umbrellas are prohibited indoors by ancient law
1	Umbrellas	umbrella	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | ancient law | Umbrellas |  |  |  | indoors *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

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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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