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title: Mei says the whole world celebrates Chinese New Year. What is accura… — China: Mei's exaggerations and everyda… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei says the whole world celebrates Chinese New Year. What is accurate? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China

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Mei says the whole world celebrates Chinese New Year. What is accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, whole world · **What happens:** say, celebrate, be · **To what, where:** Chinese New Year · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China» of the history 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/history/60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei says the whole world celebrates Chinese New Year.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t4:1
# text = Mei says the whole world celebrates Chinese New Year.
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	celebrates	celebrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	Chinese	Chinese	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 | Mei |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **celebrate** | present | the whole world | Chinese New Year |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent year=Theme |

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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:* What is accurate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t4:2
# text = What is accurate?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	accurate	accurate	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 |  |  |  |  |  | accurate *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is celebrated only in China and only in Beijing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t4:o1:1
# text = It is celebrated only in China and only in Beijing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | present · passive |  | It |  | China and Beijing |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every person on Earth celebrates it as a holiday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t4:o2:1
# text = Every person on Earth celebrates it as a holiday
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	celebrates	celebrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | present | every person on Earth | it |  |  |  | as a holiday | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme as holiday=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Many communities around the world celebrate it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t4:o3:1
# text = Many communities around the world celebrate it
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	communities	community	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | present | Many communities around the world | world |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nobody outside China has ever even heard of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china:t4:o4:1
# text = Nobody outside China has ever even heard of it
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
2	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present · perfect | Nobody |  |  |  | ever | of it | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus |

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