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title: Lín's little cousin says "gōngxǐ fācái, hóngbāo ná lái!" to his own… — Red envelopes and New Year wishes · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 10 · ★ · Red envelopes and New Year wishes

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Lín's little cousin says "gōngxǐ fācái, hóngbāo ná lái!" to his own grandad, who roars with laughter. Rude?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little cousin, own grandad · **What happens:** say, roar · **To what, where:** gōngxǐ fācái, own grandad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 26 «Red envelopes and New Year wishes» 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/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lín's little cousin says "gōngxǐ fācái, hóngbāo ná lái!" to his own grandad, who roars with laughter.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t10:1
# text = Lín's little cousin says "gōngxǐ fācái, hóngbāo ná lái!" to his own grandad, who roars with laughter.
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	gōngxǐ	gōngxǐ	X	FW	_	8	compound	_	_
8	fācái	fācái	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	hóngbāo	hóngbāo	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	conj	_	_
11	ná	ná	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	flat:foreign	_	_
12	lái	lái	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	roars	roar	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	laughter	laughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lín's little cousin | gōngxǐ fācái | cousin's own grandad |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent fācái=Topic to grandad=Recipient |
| 2 | **roar** | present | cousin's own grandad |  |  |  |  | with laughter | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with laughter=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:* Rude?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t10:2
# text = Rude?
1	Rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, within close family it's a loved joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t10:o1:1
# text = No, within close family it's a loved joke
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | family | a loved joke |  |  |  | within close family | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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No, it means "happy birthday"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t10:o2:1
# text = No, it means "happy birthday"
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, he'll get nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, he'll get nothing
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | future | he | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, the worst insult you can give a grandad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, the worst insult you can give a grandad
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | can | the worst insult | a grandad |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandad=Theme |

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