Exam question 3 · Dinner at the friend's house

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning zhōu.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, zhōu

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	zhōu	zhōu	X	Foreign=Yes	9 concerning	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	zhōu		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus zhōu=Experiencer

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 is a sweet oat porridge served with milk and sugar

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	6 porridge	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 porridge	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 porridge	det
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 porridge	amod
5	oat	oat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 porridge	compound
6	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 porridge	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 milk	case
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 served	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sugar	cc
11	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 milk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sweet oat porridge					tree rules
2	serve	participle		a sweet oat porridge not said here				with milk and sugar	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with milk=Theme

Option 2

It is a festive dumpling

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 dumpling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dumpling	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dumpling	det
4	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dumpling	amod
5	dumpling	dumpling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a festive dumpling					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a savoury rice porridge eaten at breakfast or in illness

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	6 porridge	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 porridge	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 porridge	det
4	savoury	savoury	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 porridge	amod
5	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 porridge	compound
6	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 porridge	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 breakfast	case
9	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eaten	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 illness	cc
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 illness	case
12	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 breakfast	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a savoury rice porridge					tree rules
2	eat	participle		a savoury rice porridge not said here		breakfast or illness			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is a fried noodle dish

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	6 dish	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dish	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dish	det
4	fried	fry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 dish	amod
5	noodle	noodle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dish	compound
6	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fry	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	It	a fried noodle dish					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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