--- title: Lín's mum: "we're going to bàinián at Auntie Li's". What will you do… — Red envelopes and New Year wishes · tree and pragmatics description: Lín's mum: "we're going to bàinián at Auntie Li's". What will you do there? Test 8 · ★ 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 choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [Red envelopes and New Year wishes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Red envelopes and New Year wishes Lín's mum: "we're going to bàinián at Auntie Li's". What will you do there? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we, you · **What happens:** go, bàinián, do · **To what, where:** Auntie Li This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Lín's mum: "we're going to bàinián at Auntie Li's". ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t8:1 # text = Lín's mum: "we're going to bàinián at Auntie Li's". 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 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 bàinián bàinián VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 Auntie Auntie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Li Li PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | we | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bàinián** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | Auntie Li | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What will you do there? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t8:2 # text = What will you do there? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | future | you | | | there | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Visit with gifts and New Year wishes ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t8:o1:1 # text = Visit with gifts and New Year wishes 1 Visit visit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with gifts and Year wishes | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with gift=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Clean the graves of the family ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t8:o2:1 # text = Clean the graves of the family 1 Clean clean VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clean** | imperative | you *not said here* | the graves of the family | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent grave=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Watch the full moon from her garden ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t8:o3:1 # text = Watch the full moon from her garden 1 Watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the full moon | | her garden | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Race dragon boats ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes:t8:o4:1 # text = Race dragon boats 1 Race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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