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title: Granny gets two wishes: "gōngxǐ fācái" from one child and "shēntǐ ji… — Red envelopes and New Year wishes · tree and pragmatics
description: Granny gets two wishes: "gōngxǐ fācái" from one child and "shēntǐ jiànkāng" from you. Which does she probably love more? Test 4 · ★ 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 e
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# Test 4 · ★ · Red envelopes and New Year wishes

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Granny gets two wishes: "gōngxǐ fācái" from one child and "shēntǐ jiànkāng" from you. Which does she probably love more?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Granny · **What happens:** get, love · **To what, where:** two wishes, more

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Granny gets two wishes: "gōngxǐ fācái" from one child and "shēntǐ jiànkāng" from you.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t4:1
# text = Granny gets two wishes: "gōngxǐ fācái" from one child and "shēntǐ jiànkāng" from you.
1	Granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	gōngxǐ	gōngxǐ	X	FW	_	8	compound	_	_
8	fācái	fācái	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	shēntǐ	shēntǐ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	jiànkāng	jiànkāng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Granny | two wishes |  |  |  | from one child and shēntǐ jiànkāng; from you | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which does she probably love more?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t4:2
# text = Which does she probably love more?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present · do-support | Granny | more |  |  |  | probably *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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gōngxǐ fācái — she really wants to get rich

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t4:o1:1
# text = gōngxǐ fācái — she really wants to get rich
1	gōngxǐ	gōngxǐ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	nsubj	_	_
2	fācái	fācái	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | gōngxǐ |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | gōngxǐ *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither, wishes are rude to grannies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t4:o2:1
# text = Neither, wishes are rude to grannies
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	grannies	grannie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | wishes |  |  |  |  | to grannies; neither, rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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shēntǐ jiànkāng — health matters most to her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t4:o3:1
# text = shēntǐ jiànkāng — health matters most to her
1	shēntǐ	shēntǐ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	jiànkāng	jiànkāng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | shēntǐ jiànkāng and health |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to she=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both are wrong for grannies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t4:o4:1
# text = Both are wrong for grannies
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	grannies	grannie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Both |  |  |  |  | for grannies; wrong *property* | tree rules |

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