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title: Lín's cousin says all Chinese festivals are parties. Which one shows… — Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lín's cousin says all Chinese festivals are parties. Which one shows he's wrong? Test 12 · ★★ 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 choic
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays

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Lín's cousin says all Chinese festivals are parties. Which one shows he's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, Chinese festivals, one · **What happens:** say, be, show · **To what, where:** parties · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays» 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/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lín's cousin says all Chinese festivals are parties.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t12:1
# text = Lín's cousin says all Chinese festivals are parties.
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lín's cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | all Chinese festivals | parties |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Which one shows he's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t12:2
# text = Which one shows he's wrong?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | which one |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | cousin |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Zhōngqiū jié, with mooncakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t12:o1:1
# text = Zhōngqiū jié, with mooncakes
1	Zhōngqiū	Zhōngqiū	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	jié	jié	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	mooncakes	mooncake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Qīngmíng jié, a quiet day at family graves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t12:o2:1
# text = Qīngmíng jié, a quiet day at family graves
1	Qīngmíng	Qīngmíng	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	jié	jié	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yuánxiāo jié, with lanterns and riddles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t12:o3:1
# text = Yuánxiāo jié, with lanterns and riddles
1	Yuánxiāo	Yuánxiāo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	jié	jié	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	lanterns	lantern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	riddles	riddle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Duānwǔ jié, with boat races

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t12:o4:1
# text = Duānwǔ jié, with boat races
1	Duānwǔ	Duānwǔ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	jié	jié	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	races	race	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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