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description: You want to give Lín's grandad an umbrella for his birthday. Why might Lín's mum suggest something else? Test 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 option; M
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# Test 4 · ★ · Weather and what Granny says to wear

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You want to give Lín's grandad an umbrella for his birthday. Why might Lín's mum suggest something else?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, mum · **What happens:** want, give, suggest · **To what, where:** umbrella, grandad, something

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You want to give Lín's grandad an umbrella for his birthday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t4:1
# text = You want to give Lín's grandad an umbrella for his birthday.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | a umbrella | Lín's grandad |  |  | for Lín's birthday | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent grandad=Recipient umbrella=Theme for birthday=Asset |

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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:* Why might Lín's mum suggest something else?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t4:2
# text = Why might Lín's mum suggest something else?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	suggest	suggest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	else	else	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | might | Lín's mum | something |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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sǎn sounds like sàn, to split up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t4:o1:1
# text = sǎn sounds like sàn, to split up
1	sǎn	sǎn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sàn	sàn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	split	split	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | sǎn |  |  |  |  | like sàn | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **split up** | to-infinitive | sǎn *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grandads never use them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t4:o2:1
# text = Grandads never use them
1	Grandads	grandad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | present | Grandads | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Umbrellas are too expensive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t4:o3:1
# text = Umbrellas are too expensive
1	Umbrellas	umbrella	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	expensive	expensive	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 | Umbrellas |  |  |  |  | expensive *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Umbrellas mean "go away" in Chinese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t4:o4:1
# text = Umbrellas mean "go away" in Chinese
1	Umbrellas	umbrella	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Chinese	Chinese	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Umbrellas |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go away** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | Umbrellas *not said here* |  |  | Chinese |  | away *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in chinese=Location |

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