--- title: Given that the Chinese zodiac comprises twelve animals in recurring… — Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Isl… · tree and pragmatics description: Given that the Chinese zodiac comprises twelve animals in recurring succession and that 2024 was a Year of the Dragon, determine the animal of the year 2036. Exam question 4 of lesson 117 «Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine» of the world course --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/e4/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Isl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish cale… Given that the Chinese zodiac comprises twelve animals in recurring succession and that 2024 was a Year of the Dragon, determine the animal of the year 2036. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Chinese zodiac, 2024, you · **What happens:** give, comprise, recur, be, determine · **To what, where:** twelve animals, succession, Year, animal This is exam question 4 of lesson 117 «Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine» of the world 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/world/117-other-calendars/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:e4:1 # text = Given that the Chinese zodiac comprises twelve animals in recurring succession and that 2024 was a Year of the Dragon, determine the animal of the year 2036. 1 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 mark _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 zodiac zodiac NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 comprises comprise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 7 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 in in SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 recurring recur VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 succession succession NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 2024 2024 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 2036 2036 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 27 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **comprise** | present | the Chinese zodiac | twelve animals | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme animal=Pivot | | 3 | **recur** | gerund | the Chinese zodiac *not said here* | succession | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | 2024 | a Year | | | | of the Dragon | tree rules | | 5 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the animal of the year | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Topic | 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} The Dragon ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:e4:o1:1 # text = The Dragon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Monkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:e4:o2:1 # text = The Monkey 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:e4:o3:1 # text = The Horse 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Rat ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:e4:o4:1 # text = The Rat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rat Rat PROPN NNP 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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