--- title: What would happen to a dragon boat whose paddlers ignore the drummer? — Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a dragon boat whose paddlers ignore the drummer? Test 8 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays What would happen to a dragon boat whose paddlers ignore the drummer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** paddlers · **What happens:** happen, ignore · **To what, where:** drummer This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t8:1 # text = What would happen to a dragon boat whose paddlers ignore the drummer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 paddlers paddler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ignore ignore VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 drummer drummer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a dragon boat | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ignore** | present | paddlers | the drummer | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drummer=Theme | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They'd lift off and fly over the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t8:o1:1 # text = They'd lift off and fly over the water 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift off** | would | They | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fly** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over water=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} They'd go much faster without the noise ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t8:o2:1 # text = They'd go much faster without the noise 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 6 without without ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | would | They | | | | | without the noise; fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They'd lose the rhythm and slow down ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t8:o3:1 # text = They'd lose the rhythm and slow down 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rhythm rhythm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 slow slow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | would | They | the rhythm | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rhythm=Eventuality | | 2 | **slow down** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, the drum is just for decoration ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays:t8:o4:1 # text = Nothing, the drum is just for decoration 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 decoration decoration NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing | | | | | for decoration | tree rules | **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. 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