Test 3 · ★ · Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!
«ugh their nan keeps putting food in my bowl, so annoying» What's going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan · What happens: keep, put, go on · To what, where: food, bowl
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 12 «Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!» 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 keeps | punct |
| 2 | ugh | ugh | INTJ | _ | 5 keeps | discourse |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 nan | nmod:poss |
| 4 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keeps | nsubj |
| 5 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | putting | put | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 keeps | xcomp |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 putting | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 bowl | case |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 bowl | nmod:poss |
| 10 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 putting | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 annoying | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 annoying | advmod |
| 13 | annoying | annoying | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 keeps | conj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 annoying | punct |
| 15 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 going | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 going | aux |
| 17 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 annoying | ccomp |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 going | compound:prt |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep in a quote | present | their nan | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | put in a quote | gerund | their nan not said here | food | my bowl | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme in bowl=Destination | |||
| 3 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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's a test you must fail
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 | 4 test | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 test | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 test | det |
| 4 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 fail | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 fail | aux |
| 7 | fail | fail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 test | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a test | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fail | must | you | a test not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality |
Option 2
She thinks you're rude for not taking any of the food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 rude | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rude | cop |
| 5 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 taking | mark |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 taking | advmod |
| 8 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 thinks | advcl |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 taking | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 food | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 food | det |
| 12 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 any | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | She | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | you | rude property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not take | gerund | She not said here | any | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Theme |
Option 3
She wants you to eat up fast and leave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 eat | mark |
| 5 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 eat | compound:prt |
| 7 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 eat | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 leave | cc |
| 9 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 eat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | She | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat up not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | fast property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | leave | infinitive | you not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's love; she is honouring you with the best pieces
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 | 3 love | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 love | cop |
| 3 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 honouring | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 honouring | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 honouring | aux |
| 7 | honouring | honour | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 love | acl:relcl |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 honouring | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 pieces | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 pieces | det |
| 11 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 12 pieces | amod |
| 12 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 honouring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | love | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | honour | present · progressive | she | you | with the best pieces | 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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