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title: It is given that the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates a poet who dr… — Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and… · tree and pragmatics
description: 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. Exam question 2 of lesson 27 «Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 2 · Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays

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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.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Boat Festival, poet, you · **What happens:** give, commemorate, drown, select, prefer · **To what, where:** It, poet, greeting

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 27 «Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates a poet who drowned.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:e2:1
# text = It is given that the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates a poet who drowned.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Boat	Boat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Festival	Festival	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	commemorates	commemorate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **commemorate** | present | the Boat Festival | a poet |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poet=Theme |
| 3 | **drown** | past | a poet |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Select the greeting consistent with this association as preferred by certain families.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:e2:2
# text = Select the greeting consistent with this association as preferred by certain families.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	association	association	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	preferred	prefer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the greeting |  |  |  | with this association; consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greeting=Theme |
| 2 | **prefer** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by certain families | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Duānwǔ hóngbāo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:e2:o1:1
# text = Duānwǔ hóngbāo
1	Duānwǔ	Duānwǔ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	hóngbāo	hóngbāo	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Duānwǔ fācái

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:e2:o2:1
# text = Duānwǔ fācái
1	Duānwǔ	Duānwǔ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	fācái	fācái	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Duānwǔ ānkāng

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:e2:o3:1
# text = Duānwǔ ānkāng
1	Duānwǔ	Duānwǔ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ānkāng	ānkāng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Duānwǔ wǎn'ān

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:e2:o4:1
# text = Duānwǔ wǎn'ān
1	Duānwǔ	Duānwǔ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	wǎn'ān	wǎn'ān	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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