--- title: It is given that the character for "fortune" is affixed inverted upo… — Spring Festival — Chinese New Year · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that the character for "fortune" is affixed inverted upon a door. Select the statement that accurately characterises the reason. Exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Spring Festival — Chinese New Year» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/25-spring-festival/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [Spring Festival — Chinese New Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/25-spring-festival/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Spring Festival — Chinese New Year It is given that the character for "fortune" is affixed inverted upon a door. Select the statement that accurately characterises the reason. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, statement · **What happens:** give, affix, invert, select, characteris · **To what, where:** It, character, statement, reason This is exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Spring Festival — Chinese New Year» 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/25-spring-festival/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that the character for "fortune" is affixed inverted upon a door. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:25-spring-festival:e2:1 # text = It is given that the character for "fortune" is affixed inverted upon a door. 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 _ 12 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 affixed affix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 13 inverted invert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 xcomp _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **affix** | present · passive | | the character for fortune | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **invert** | participle | | | | | | upon a door | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Select the statement that accurately characterises the reason. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:25-spring-festival:e2:2 # text = Select the statement that accurately characterises the reason. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the statement | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | the statement | the reason | | | | accurately *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Inversion averts the attention of thieves from the household ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:25-spring-festival:e2:o1:1 # text = Inversion averts the attention of thieves from the household 1 Inversion inversion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 averts avert VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 thieves thief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avert** | present | Inversion | the attention of thieves | | the household | | | tree rules | | 2 | **attend** | | thieves | | | | | | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It was affixed in error by careless persons ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:25-spring-festival:e2:o2:1 # text = It was affixed in error by careless persons 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 affixed affix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 careless careless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **affix** | past · passive | careless persons | It | | error | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Inversion denotes mourning ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:25-spring-festival:e2:o3:1 # text = Inversion denotes mourning 1 Inversion inversion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 mourning mourning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | Inversion | mourning | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mourning=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} dào (inverted) sounds like dào (arrived): fortune has arrived ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:25-spring-festival:e2:o4:1 # text = dào (inverted) sounds like dào (arrived): fortune has arrived 1 dào dào PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 inverted invert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 3 punct _ _ 5 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 dào dào X FW Foreign=Yes 5 obl _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invert** | participle | | dào *not said here* | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sound** | present | dào | | | | | like dào | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **arrive** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **arrive** | present · perfect · passive | | fortune | | | | | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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