Test 7 · Hello and goodbye: the first words at the gate

«his nan asked if i ate, i said no and now theres like 6 dishes» Why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, i · What happens: ask, eat, say · To what, where: theres · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 1 «Hello and goodbye: the first words at the gate» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 asked	punct
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nan	nmod:poss
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	advcl
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 ate	mark
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 ate	nsubj
7	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 asked	punct
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 said	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 theres	cc
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 theres	advmod
14	theres	there	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 said	obj
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 dishes	case
16	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 dishes	nummod
17	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 theres	nmod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 theres	punct
19	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	14 theres	advmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	past	his nan			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	past	i			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert in a quote	past	i	theres	like 6 dishes	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent no=Theme there=Manner

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

She thought you were rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 rude	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rude	cop
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	you					rude property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

chī le ma is a greeting, but a «no» makes grannies feed you

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	chī	chī	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ma	compound
2	le	le	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ma	compound
3	ma	ma	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 greeting	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 greeting	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 greeting	det
6	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 makes	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 makes	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 no	det
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 no	punct
11	no	no	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 makes	nsubj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 no	punct
13	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 greeting	acl:relcl
14	grannies	grannie	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 makes	obj
15	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 makes	xcomp
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 feed	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	chī le ma	a greeting		tree rules
2	make	present	a no	grannies		tree rules
3	feed	infinitive	grannies not said here		you	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 3

Saying no means you want to stay overnight at their house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 means	csubj
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	1 Saying	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 want	nsubj
5	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stay	mark
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 want	xcomp
8	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	7 stay	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 house	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 house	nmod:poss
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		no			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic
2	mean	present	Saying				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	want	present	you				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		their house	overnight property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location

Option 4

It is a test of good manners at school

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 test	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 test	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 test	det
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 manners	case
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 manners	amod
7	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 test	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 school	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 manners	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a test				of good manners at school	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.

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