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title: You cut Grandad's birthday noodles into short bits to eat them neatl… — Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and… · tree and pragmatics
description: You cut Grandad's birthday noodles into short bits to eat them neatly. What might the family think? Test 2 · ★★ 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 op
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays

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You cut Grandad's birthday noodles into short bits to eat them neatly. What might the family think?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, birthday, family · **What happens:** cut, noodle, eat, think · **To what, where:** short bits, bits

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You cut Grandad's birthday noodles into short bits to eat them neatly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t2:1
# text = You cut Grandad's birthday noodles into short bits to eat them neatly.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	noodles	noodle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	neatly	neatly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **noodle** | present | Grandad's birthday |  |  | short bits |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Grandad's birthday *not said here* | bits *= bit* |  |  |  | neatly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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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:* What might the family think?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t2:2
# text = What might the family think?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | might | the family |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Long noodles mean long life — don't cut them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t2:o1:1
# text = Long noodles mean long life — don't cut them
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	noodles	noodle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Long noodles | long life |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **cut** | infinitive · do-support |  | noodles *= noodle* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cutting them brings double luck to Grandad this year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t2:o2:1
# text = Cutting them brings double luck to Grandad this year
1	Cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 2 | **bring** | present | Cutting | double luck | Grandad |  | year |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent luck=Theme to grandad=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Short noodles are more polite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t2:o3:1
# text = Short noodles are more polite
1	Short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	noodles	noodle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Short noodles |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, noodles don't matter at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t2:o4:1
# text = Nothing, noodles don't matter at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	noodles	noodle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | Nothing noodles |  |  | all |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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