Exam question 1 · Dinner at the friend's house

Identify the customary meaning of the announcement chī fàn le.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, mean · To what, where: customary meaning, announcement

This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Dinner at the friend's house» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 meaning	det
3	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meaning	compound
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 announcement	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 announcement	det
7	announcement	announcement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meaning	nmod
8	chī	chī	X	_	7 announcement	appos
9	fàn	fàn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 le	amod
10	le	le	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chī	flat
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the customary meaning of the announcement					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme
2	mean			the announcement					nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

That the meal is ready and all are summoned to the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 meal	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meal	det
3	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ready	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ready	cop
5	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 summoned	cc
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 summoned	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 summoned	aux:pass
9	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ready	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 table	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 table	det
12	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 summoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that meal					ready property	tree rules
2	summon	present · passive		all				to the table	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

That the guest is invited to depart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 guest	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guest	det
3	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 invited	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 invited	aux:pass
5	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 depart	mark
7	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 invited	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invite	present · passive		that guest					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	depart not said to happen	to-infinitive	that guest not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

That rice is to be purchased from the market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 rice	det
2	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 purchased	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 purchased	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 purchased	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 purchased	aux:pass
6	purchased	purchase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 market	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 market	det
9	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 purchased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	present · passive		that rice		the market			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from market=Source

Option 4

That the speaker has finished eating and may now leave the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 speaker	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 speaker	det
3	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finished	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 finished	aux
5	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 finished	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 leave	cc
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 leave	aux
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 leave	advmod
10	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 finished	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 table	det
12	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	finish	present · perfect	that speaker			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	eat	gerund	that speaker not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	leave	may	that speaker not said here	the table	now	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme

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