--- title: ★★★ Kai from Auckland was born on 25 January 2017: «sweet as, I'm a… — Olympiad: tone detectives and number p… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Kai from Auckland was born on 25 January 2017: «sweet as, I'm a Rooster, cos 2017». Chinese New Year 2017 was on 28 January. Which animal is he? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★ ★★★ Kai from Auckland was born on 25 January 2017: «sweet as, I'm a Rooster, cos 2017». Chinese New Year 2017 was on 28 January. Which animal is he? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Chinese New Year, animal · **What happens:** bear, be, co · **To what, where:** Kai, 25, 2017, animal This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Kai from Auckland was born on 25 January 2017: «sweet as, I'm a Rooster, cos 2017». ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t7:1 # text = ★★★ Kai from Auckland was born on 25 January 2017: «sweet as, I'm a Rooster, cos 2017». 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Auckland Auckland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 11 January January PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:unmarked _ _ 12 2017 2017 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 « « PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Rooster rooster NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 cos co VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 24 2017 2017 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 » » PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · passive | | Kai ★ ★ ★ from Auckland | | 25 January | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | as a Rooster | tree rules | | 3 | **co** *in a quote* | present | | 2017 | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Chinese New Year 2017 was on 28 January. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t7:2 # text = Chinese New Year 2017 was on 28 January. 1 Chinese Chinese PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 2017 2017 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 flat _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 28 28 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 January January PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Chinese New Year | | | | | on 28 January | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Which animal is he? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t7:3 # text = Which animal is he? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | which animal | animal | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Goat, three years back ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t7:o1:1 # text = Goat, three years back 1 Goat Goat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 parataxis _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Dog, the year after it ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t7:o2:1 # text = Dog, the year after it 1 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Rooster, just as he says ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t7:o3:1 # text = Rooster, just as he says 1 Rooster rooster NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Rooster | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Monkey, the year before ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t7:o4:1 # text = Monkey, the year before 1 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 before before ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` 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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