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title: Ascertain the character of the observance designated "Qīngmíng jié". — Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the character of the observance designated "Qīngmíng jié". Exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays» 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 wro
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# Exam question 4 · Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays

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Ascertain the character of the observance designated "Qīngmíng jié".

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, observance · **What happens:** ascertain, designate · **To what, where:** character, Qīngmíng jié

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the character of the observance designated "Qīngmíng jié".
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	observance	observance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Qīngmíng	Qīngmíng	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	jié	jié	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the character of the observance |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent character=Topic |
| 2 | **designate** | participle | the observance *not said here* | Qīngmíng jié |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jié=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A solemn day for visiting and tending ancestral graves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:e4:o1:1
# text = A solemn day for visiting and tending ancestral graves
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	solemn	solemn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tending	tend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
8	ancestral	ancestral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | gerund | a solemn day *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tend** | gerund | a solemn day *not said here* | ancestral graves |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grave=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A festival of riotous celebration with fireworks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:e4:o2:1
# text = A festival of riotous celebration with fireworks
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	riotous	riotous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A night for viewing the full moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:e4:o3:1
# text = A night for viewing the full moon
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	viewing	view	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **view** | gerund | a night *not said here* | the full moon |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moon=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A day for the exchange of red envelopes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:e4:o4:1
# text = A day for the exchange of red envelopes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	envelopes	envelope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exchange** |  |  | red envelopes |  |  |  |  | nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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