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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★

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★★★ It's xīngqīwǔ. Ming says «see you hòutiān at Chinese school», and school is on Saturday. Is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** It, Ming, you, school · **What happens:** be, say, see, hòutiān · **To what, where:** Chinese school · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★» 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/31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ It's xīngqīwǔ.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t4:1
# text = ★★★ It's xīngqīwǔ.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	xīngqīwǔ	xīngqīwǔ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | ★ xīngqīwǔ | tree rules |

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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:* Ming says «see you hòutiān at Chinese school», and school is on Saturday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t4:2
# text = Ming says «see you hòutiān at Chinese school», and school is on Saturday.
1	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hòutiān	hòutiān	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ming |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **hòutiān** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  | Chinese school |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | school |  |  |  |  | on Saturday | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Is he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t4:3
# text = Is he right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No: hòutiān is Sunday, Saturday is míngtiān

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t4:o1:1
# text = No: hòutiān is Sunday, Saturday is míngtiān
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hòutiān	hòutiān	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	míngtiān	míngtiān	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | no hòutiān | Sunday and Saturday |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | Sunday and Saturday's míngtiān |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No: hòutiān means yesterday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t4:o2:1
# text = No: hòutiān means yesterday
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hòutiān	hòutiān	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | no hòutiān |  |  |  | yesterday |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes: hòutiān means Saturday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes: hòutiān means Saturday
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hòutiān	hòutiān	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | hòutiān |  |  |  | saturday |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes: hòutiān just means next week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes: hòutiān just means next week
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hòutiān	hòutiān	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | hòutiān |  |  |  | week |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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