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title: It is given that a pupil's birthday falls upon the eighth day of Mar… — Days of the week, the clock, birthdays · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a pupil's birthday falls upon the eighth day of March. Select the rendering consistent with the established ordering of Chinese dates. Exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Days of the week, the clock, birthdays» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 2 · Days of the week, the clock, birthdays

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It is given that a pupil's birthday falls upon the eighth day of March. Select the rendering consistent with the established ordering of Chinese dates.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** birthday, you · **What happens:** give, fall, select, render, establish · **To what, where:** It

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Days of the week, the clock, birthdays» 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/22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil's birthday falls upon the eighth day of March.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:e2:1
# text = It is given that a pupil's birthday falls upon the eighth day of March.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	eighth	eighth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | present | a pupil's birthday |  |  |  | day |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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:* Select the rendering consistent with the established ordering of Chinese dates.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:e2:2
# text = Select the rendering consistent with the established ordering of Chinese dates.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rendering	render	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	ordering	ordering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **render** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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bā hào sān yuè

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:e2:o1:1
# text = bā hào sān yuè
1	bā	bā	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	nsubj	_	_
2	hào	hào	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	sān	sān	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	yuè	yuè	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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sān hào bā yuè

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:e2:o2:1
# text = sān hào bā yuè
1	sān	sān	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	nsubj	_	_
2	hào	hào	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	bā	bā	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	yuè	yuè	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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sān yuè bā hào

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:e2:o3:1
# text = sān yuè bā hào
1	sān	sān	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	yuè	yuè	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	bā	bā	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	hào	hào	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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bā yuè sān hào

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:e2:o4:1
# text = bā yuè sān hào
1	bā	bā	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	yuè	yuè	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	sān	sān	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	hào	hào	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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

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