--- title: Given that the present day is xīngqīsān, ascertain the day designate… — Olympiad: tone detectives and number p… · tree and pragmatics description: Given that the present day is xīngqīsān, ascertain the day designated by hòutiān. Exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles/e2/) [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/) / [Olympiad: tone detectives and number p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★ Given that the present day is xīngqīsān, ascertain the day designated by hòutiān. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, be, ascertain, designate · **To what, where:** day This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★» 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/31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:e2:1 # text = Given that the present day is xīngqīsān, ascertain the day designated by hòutiān. 1 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 case _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 xīngqīsān xīngqīsān NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 designated designate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 hòutiān hòutiān NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | | | | day | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | give xīngqīsān | tree rules | | 3 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | day | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **designate** | participle | | the day *not said here* | | | | by hòutiān | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} xīngqīwǔ ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:e2:o1:1 # text = xīngqīwǔ 1 xīngqīwǔ xīngqīwǔ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} xīngqītiān ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:e2:o2:1 # text = xīngqītiān 1 xīngqītiān xīngqītiān PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} xīngqīliù ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:e2:o3:1 # text = xīngqīliù 1 xīngqīliù xīngqīliù PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} xīngqīsì ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:e2:o4:1 # text = xīngqīsì 1 xīngqīsì xīngqīsì NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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