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title: Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chinese street
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 27 «Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays

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The 16 questions of lesson 27 «Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school with their options, 89 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t1/) — my mate wished Lín's family "happy Qingming!!" with a big grin. good idea? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t2/) — You cut Grandad's birthday noodles into short bits to eat them neatly. What might the family think? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t3/) — In a cartoon a girl eats a zòngzi leaves and all. What's wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t4/) — Lín's granny from the north and auntie from the south argue about zòngzi. What's it about? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t5/) — A friend wants to eat a whole mooncake alone after dinner. What would probably happen? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t6/) — Lín says New Year ends on New Year's Day. His granny disagrees. Why? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t7/) — Which festival is a family reunion night second only to New Year? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t8/) — What would happen to a dragon boat whose paddlers ignore the drummer? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t9/) — Why are tāngyuán round, the family says? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t10/) — Lín looks at the full moon and says he sees the rabbit. What story is he thinking of? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t11/) — Order these from the start of the year: Moon Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival. — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t12/) — Lín's cousin says all Chinese festivals are parties. Which one shows he's wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/e1/) — Identify the festival held fifteen days after the Chinese New Year, coinciding with the first full moon of the year. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/e2/) — It is given that the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates a poet who drowned. Select the greeting consistent with this association as preferred by certain families. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consumption of longevity noodles upon a birthday? — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/e4/) — Ascertain the character of the observance designated "Qīngmíng jié". — wrong ✗ · exam

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