Exam question 3 · Hello and goodbye: the first words at the gate

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression wǎn'ān?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: expression wǎn'ān

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1 «Hello and goodbye: the first words at the gate» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wǎn'ān	det
10	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wǎn'ān	compound
11	wǎn'ān	wǎn'ān	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the expression wǎn'ān				of the following statements; accurately property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It denotes the morning salutation of pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 salutation	det
4	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 salutation	compound
5	salutation	salutation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 pupils	case
7	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 salutation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the morning salutation of pupils					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot salutation=Topic
2	salute			pupils					nom salutation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is a valediction reserved for bedtime or the conclusion of a late conversation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 valediction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 valediction	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 valediction	det
4	valediction	valediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 valediction	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 bedtime	case
7	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reserved	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 conclusion	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 conclusion	det
10	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bedtime	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 conversation	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 conversation	det
13	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 conversation	amod
14	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conclusion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a valediction		tree rules
2	reserve	participle		a valediction not said here	for bedtime or the conclusion of a late conversation	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for bedtime=Beneficiary
3	conclude			a late conversation		nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is an expression of gratitude for a meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 expression	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expression	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 expression	det
4	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 gratitude	case
6	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expression	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 meal	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 meal	det
9	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expression	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a expression				of gratitude; for a meal	tree rules

Option 4

It is the customary greeting upon arrival at the house of another in the evening hours

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 greeting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 greeting	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 greeting	det
4	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 greeting	compound
5	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 arrival	case
7	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 greeting	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 greeting	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 another	case
12	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 house	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 hours	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hours	det
15	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hours	compound
16	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 greeting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the customary greeting		the house of another	hour	upon arrival	tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/e3/