Test 9 · Dinner at the friend's house

What would happen if you shouted «lái le!» when Ming's mum calls dinner?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, mum · What happens: happen, shout, call · To what, where: lái le, dinner · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 shouted	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 shouted	nsubj
6	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 le	punct
8	lái	lái	X	Foreign=Yes	9 le	compound
9	le	le	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouted	obj
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 le	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 le	punct
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 calls	advmod
13	Ming	Ming	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 mum	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Ming	case
15	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 calls	nsubj
16	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
17	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 calls	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express a condition, not said to happen	past	you	lái le	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent le=Topic
3	call	present	Ming's mum	dinner	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dinner=Recipient

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

It means «go away»

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go away in a quote	infinitive						away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It means «I'm not hungry»

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 hungry	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 hungry	nsubj
5	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hungry	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 hungry	advmod
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 hungry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	not is in a quote	present	I					hungry property	tree rules

Option 3

It means «what's for dinner?»

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 dinner	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 dinner	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dinner	cop
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 dinner	case
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 dinner	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present						for dinner	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

All good: it means «coming!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	ADV	_	2 good	advmod
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	ccomp
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 coming	punct
7	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 means	ccomp
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 coming	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 coming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come in a quote	gerund							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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