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description: In a cartoon a boy grabs a red envelope with one hand and tears it open. Lín's mum tuts. Which two rules did he break? Test 5 · ★ 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 eac
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# Test 5 · ★ · Red envelopes and New Year wishes

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In a cartoon a boy grabs a red envelope with one hand and tears it open. Lín's mum tuts. Which two rules did he break?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, mum, two rules · **What happens:** grab, tear, tut, break · **To what, where:** red envelope, cartoon, envelope

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a boy grabs a red envelope with one hand and tears it open.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon a boy grabs a red envelope with one hand and tears it open.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	envelope	envelope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	tears	tear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | present | a boy | a red envelope |  | a cartoon |  | with one hand | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent envelope=Theme |
| 2 | **tear** | present | a boy *not said here* | envelope |  |  |  | open *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location it=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:* Lín's mum tuts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t5:2
# text = Lín's mum tuts.
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tuts	tut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tut** | present | Lín's mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Which two rules did he break?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t5:3
# text = Which two rules did he break?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past · do-support | two rules |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Saying sorry first and saying goodbye after

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t5:o1:1
# text = Saying sorry first and saying goodbye after
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj	_	_
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | sorry |  |  |  | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | goodbye |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Both hands, and not opening it in front of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t5:o2:1
# text = Both hands, and not opening it in front of them
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **open** | gerund | both hands | it |  | front of them |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme in front=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wearing red and bowing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t5:o3:1
# text = Wearing red and bowing
1	Wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	bowing	bow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | red *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eating first and singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t5:o4:1
# text = Eating first and singing
1	Eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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