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title: Lín says "shí fènzhōng" with a falling fèn. What did he mix up? — Days of the week, the clock, birthdays · tree and pragmatics
description: Lín says "shí fènzhōng" with a falling fèn. What did he mix up? Test 4 · ★ 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 was right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Days of the week, the clock, birthdays

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lín says "shí fènzhōng" with a falling fèn. What did he mix up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lín · **What happens:** say, fall, mix up · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lín says "shí fènzhōng" with a falling fèn.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t4:1
# text = Lín says "shí fènzhōng" with a falling fèn.
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	shí	shí	X	FW	_	5	compound	_	_
5	fènzhōng	fènzhōng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	amod	_	_
10	fèn	fèn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lín |  |  |  |  | with a falling fèn | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with fèn=Manner |
| 2 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* What did he mix up?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t4:2
# text = What did he mix up?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mix	mix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix up** | past · do-support | Lín |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

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

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fèn means a portion; minute is fēn, high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t4:o1:1
# text = fèn means a portion; minute is fēn, high
1	fèn	fèn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	fēn	fēn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | fèn | a portion |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | minute |  |  |  |  | fēn *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | minute *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fèn means a second, not a minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t4:o2:1
# text = fèn means a second, not a minute
1	fèn	fèn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | fèn |  |  |  | second |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, both tones are fine for minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t4:o3:1
# text = Nothing, both tones are fine for minutes
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	tones	tone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  | minute | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fèn means an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t4:o4:1
# text = fèn means an hour
1	fèn	fèn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | fèn |  |  |  | hour |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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