Exam question 2 · Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!

Ascertain the customary means by which a guest indicates that he has eaten sufficiently.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, customary, guest · What happens: ascertain, mean, indicate, eat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 customary	det
3	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	ccomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 indicates	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 guest	det
8	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 indicates	nsubj
9	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 eaten	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 eaten	nsubj
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 eaten	aux
13	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 indicates	ccomp
14	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	_	13 eaten	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here		vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	the customary		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	indicate	present	a guest		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
4	eat	present · perfect	guest	sufficiently property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

He leaves the table without speaking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leaves	nsubj
2	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 table	det
4	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaves	obj
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 speaking	mark
6	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 leaves	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	He	the table					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme
2	speak speech: other	gerund	He not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He accepts every further portion offered, without any protest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 accepts	nsubj
2	accepts	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 portion	det
4	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 portion	amod
5	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepts	obj
6	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 portion	acl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 protest	punct
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 protest	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 protest	det
10	protest	protest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 offered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	present	He	every further portion					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Theme
2	offer	participle		every further portion not said here				without any protest	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He requests a larger bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requests	nsubj
2	requests	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bowl	det
4	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 bowl	amod
5	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requests	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	present	He	a larger bowl					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent bowl=Recipient

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

He declares wǒ chī bǎo le more than once and leaves a little

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declares	nsubj
2	declares	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wǒ	wǒ	X	Foreign=Yes	2 declares	obj
4	chī	chī	X	_	3 wǒ	flat:foreign
5	bǎo	bǎo	X	Foreign=Yes	3 wǒ	flat:foreign
6	le	le	X	Foreign=Yes	2 declares	obj
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	6 le	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	7 more	fixed
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 declares	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 leaves	cc
11	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 declares	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 little	det
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 leaves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	present	He	wǒ				once property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent wǒ=Theme le=Attribute
2	leave	present	He not said here	a little					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Theme

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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