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title: my friend says "xià yú le" with a rising yú means it's raining. right? — Weather and what Granny says to wear · tree and pragmatics
description: my friend says "xià yú le" with a rising yú means it's raining. right? Test 1 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Weather and what Granny says to wear

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my friend says "xià yú le" with a rising yú means it's raining. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, it · **What happens:** say, rise, mean, rain · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 20 «Weather and what Granny says to wear» 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/20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t1:1
# text = my friend says "xià yú le" with a rising yú means it's raining. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	xià	xià	X	FW	_	7	dep	_	_
6	yú	yú	X	FW	_	7	compound	_	_
7	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	amod	_	_
12	yú	yú	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
13	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	raining	rain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
18	right	right	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rise** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with a rising yú | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **rain** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn weather-57 «It V PP.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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, rising yú is fish; rain is yǔ, dipping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t1:o1:1
# text = No, rising yú is fish; rain is yǔ, dipping
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	amod	_	_
4	yú	yú	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	yǔ	yǔ	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	dipping	dip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | gerund |  | yú |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location yú=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | rising fish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | rain | rising fish *not said here* |  |  |  | yǔ *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **dip** | gerund | rain *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it means it's snowing hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t1:o2:1
# text = No, it means it's snowing hard
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	snowing	snow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **snow** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only in winter
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, both tones mean rain, it's the same word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, both tones mean rain, it's the same word
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	tones	tone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	discourse	_	_
6	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | both tones | rain |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | rain | the same word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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