--- title: Ascertain the dual signification of the term lìhai. — Street chatter: wow, really?, cool! · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the dual signification of the term lìhai. Exam question 3 of lesson 30 «Street chatter: wow, really?, cool!» 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/30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool/e3/) [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/) / [Street chatter: wow, really?, cool!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Street chatter: wow, really?, cool! Ascertain the dual signification of the term lìhai. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain · **To what, where:** dual signification This is exam question 3 of lesson 30 «Street chatter: wow, really?, cool!» 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/30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the dual signification of the term lìhai. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 dual dual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 signification signification NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 8 lìhai lìhai X FW Foreign=Yes 7 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the dual signification | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signification=Topic | 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} Cold and also hot, according to the season ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:e3:o1:1 # text = Cold and also hot, according to the season 1 Cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 case _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Admirable or impressive, and also fierce or strict ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:e3:o2:1 # text = Admirable or impressive, and also fierce or strict 1 Admirable admirable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 impressive impressive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 also also ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Fast and also slow ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:e3:o3:1 # text = Fast and also slow 1 Fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Young and also old ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:e3:o4:1 # text = Young and also old 1 Young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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