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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phrase "hóngbāo ná lái"? Exam question 3 of lesson 26 «Red envelopes and New Year wishes» 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 choi
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# Exam question 3 · Red envelopes and New Year wishes

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phrase "hóngbāo ná lái"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** phrase

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «Red envelopes and New Year wishes» 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/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phrase "hóngbāo ná lái"?
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	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	hóngbāo	hóngbāo	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	appos	_	_
13	ná	ná	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	flat:foreign	_	_
14	lái	lái	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 phrase |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A jocular rhyme demanding the envelope, apt only within close family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:e3:o1:1
# text = A jocular rhyme demanding the envelope, apt only within close family
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jocular	jocular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	demanding	demand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	envelope	envelope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	apt	apt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | gerund | a jocular rhyme *not said here* | the envelope |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme envelope=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A formal expression of gratitude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:e3:o2:1
# text = A formal expression of gratitude
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A prohibition on opening gifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:e3:o3:1
# text = A prohibition on opening gifts
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	opening	open	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A solemn blessing for the health of elders, uttered on New Year's Eve

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:e3:o4:1
# text = A solemn blessing for the health of elders, uttered on New Year's Eve
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	solemn	solemn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	uttered	utter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	Eve	Eve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  | New Year's Eve |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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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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