Test 1 · Dinner at the friend's house

«ming's mum shouted chī fàn le but i was mid game so i waited» What should you have done?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, i, you · What happens: shout, be, wait, do · To what, where: chī, mid game

This is test 1 of lesson 11 «Dinner at the friend's house» 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	_	5 shouted	punct
2	ming	ming	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mum	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 ming	case
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shouted	nsubj
5	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	chī	chī	X	_	5 shouted	obj
7	fàn	fàn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 le	amod
8	le	le	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chī	flat
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 game	cc
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 game	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 game	cop
12	mid	mid	ADJ	_	13 game	amod
13	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chī	conj
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 waited	advmod
15	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 waited	nsubj
16	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shouted	advcl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 waited	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 done	obj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 done	aux
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	22 done	nsubj
21	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 done	aux
22	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 waited	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shout speech: express in a quote	past	ming's mum	chī but mid game	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chī=Topic
2	is a in a quote	past	i	mid game	tree rules
3	wait in a quote	past	i		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	do	should · perfect	you		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Shouted bú yào, so she knows you're busy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 knows	advcl
2	bú	bú	X	Foreign=Yes	1 Shouted	obj
3	yào	yào	X	Foreign=Yes	2 bú	flat:foreign
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 knows	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 knows	advmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 knows	nsubj
7	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 busy	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 busy	cop
10	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 knows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	participle	she not said here	bú		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bú=Topic
2	know	present	she			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	you		busy property	tree rules

Option 2

Asked for dinner in your room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 dinner	case
3	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asked	obl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 room	nmod:poss
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	participle				your room		for dinner	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Gone at once; waiting to be called twice is rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 once	case
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Gone	obl
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 rude	punct
5	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 rude	csubj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 called	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 called	aux:pass
8	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 waiting	xcomp
9	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 called	advmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rude	cop
11	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Gone	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund			tree rules
2	call	to-infinitive · passive		twice property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»
3	is	present	waiting	rude property	tree rules

Option 4

Waited, it's polite to finish whatever you're doing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 polite	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Waited	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 polite	expl
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 polite	cop
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 finish	mark
7	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 polite	csubj
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 doing	obj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 doing	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 doing	aux
11	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 finish	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	past				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			polite property	tree rules
3	finish	to-infinitive				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	do	present · progressive	you	whatever		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality

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