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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "niányèfàn"? Exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Spring Festival — Chinese New Year» 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
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# Exam question 3 · Spring Festival — Chinese New Year

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "niányèfàn"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** term

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:25-spring-festival:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "niányèfàn"?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	niányèfàn	niányèfàn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the term |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A meal eaten at the Moon Festival by the family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:25-spring-festival:e3:o1:1
# text = A meal eaten at the Moon Festival by the family
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Festival	Festival	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | participle |  | a meal *not said here* |  | the Moon Festival |  | by the family | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A banquet held on one's birthday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:25-spring-festival:e3:o2:1
# text = A banquet held on one's birthday
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | a banquet *not said here* |  | one's birthday |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on birthday=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A breakfast eaten on the first day of spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:25-spring-festival:e3:o3:1
# text = A breakfast eaten on the first day of spring
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | participle |  | a breakfast *not said here* |  |  | day |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The family reunion dinner held on New Year's Eve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:25-spring-festival:e3:o4:1
# text = The family reunion dinner held on New Year's Eve
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	reunion	reunion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	Eve	Eve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | the reunion dinner *not said here* |  | New Year's Eve |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on eve=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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