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title: Lín's granny's birthday was 3 March last year and 22 March this year… — Days of the week, the clock, birthdays · tree and pragmatics
description: Lín's granny's birthday was 3 March last year and 22 March this year. Is someone confused? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 22 «Days of the week, the clock, birthdays» 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
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# Test 3 · ★ · Days of the week, the clock, birthdays

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Lín's granny's birthday was 3 March last year and 22 March this year. Is someone confused?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** birthday · **What happens:** be, confuse · **To what, where:** March last year, someone

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 22 «Days of the week, the clock, birthdays» 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/22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lín's granny's birthday was 3 March last year and 22 March this year.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t3:1
# text = Lín's granny's birthday was 3 March last year and 22 March this year.
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	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	22	22	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	conj	_	_
13	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:unmarked	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Lín's granny's birthday | March last year |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Is someone confused?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t3:2
# text = Is someone confused?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
3	confused	confuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confuse** | present · passive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, she was born twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, she was born twice
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, she just changes it for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t3:o2:1
# text = No, she just changes it for fun
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | she | it |  |  |  | for fun | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for fun=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, Granny forgot her own birthday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, Granny forgot her own birthday
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | Granny | Granny's own birthday |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, she counts by the lunar calendar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t3:o4:1
# text = No, she counts by the lunar calendar
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	lunar	lunar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | she |  |  |  |  | by the lunar calendar | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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