--- title: Identify the expression in which the negative bù is pronounced with… — Olympiad: tone detectives and number p… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the expression in which the negative bù is pronounced with a rising tone. Exam question 3 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/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/) / [Olympiad: tone detectives and number p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★ Identify the expression in which the negative bù is pronounced with a rising tone. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, pronounce, rise · **To what, where:** expression, negative bù This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:e3:1 # text = Identify the expression in which the negative bù is pronounced with a rising tone. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 negative negative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bù bù NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 pronounced pronounce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 amod _ _ 14 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the expression | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent expression=Theme | | 2 | **pronounce** | present · passive | | the negative bù | | the expression | | with a rising tone | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in which=Manner | | 3 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: 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 {#o1} bù + chī ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:e3:o1:1 # text = bù + chī 1 bù bù NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 + + SYM SYM _ 3 cc _ _ 3 chī chī NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} bù + shì ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:e3:o2:1 # text = bù + shì 1 bù bù NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 + + SYM SYM _ 3 cc _ _ 3 shì shì NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} bù + hǎo ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:e3:o3:1 # text = bù + hǎo 1 bù bù NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 + + SYM SYM _ 1 compound _ _ 3 hǎo hǎo X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} bù + xíng ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:e3:o4:1 # text = bù + xíng 1 bù bù NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 + + SYM SYM _ 3 cc _ _ 3 xíng xíng NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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