Test 5 · ★ · Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!
Ming's mum says màn man chī as you start. Is she calling you greedy?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, you · What happens: say, start, call, be · To what, where: màn man chī, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Ming's mum says màn man chī as you start.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ming | Ming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ming | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | màn | màn | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 chī | compound |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chī | compound |
| 7 | chī | chī | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | obj |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 start | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 start | nsubj |
| 10 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | advcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ming's mum | màn man chī | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent chī=Topic | ||||
| 2 | start | present | you | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Is she calling you greedy?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 greedy | cop |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 greedy | nsubj |
| 3 | calling | call | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 greedy | csubj |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 calling | obj |
| 5 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 greedy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | gerund | you | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | mum | greedy property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, eat more slowly, piggy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 eat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 slowly | advmod |
| 5 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 3 eat | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 piggy | punct |
| 7 | piggy | piggy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | imperative | you not said here | piggy | slowly property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
No, it means «hurry up, we're late»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 hurry | punct |
| 6 | hurry | hurry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 means | xcomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 hurry | compound:prt |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 late | punct |
| 9 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 late | nsubj |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 late | cop |
| 11 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hurry | advcl |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 hurry | 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 | hurry up not said to happen, in a quote | infinitive | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | we | late property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, she thinks you took too much
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 thinks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thinks | nsubj |
| 4 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 took | nsubj |
| 6 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thinks | ccomp |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 much | advmod |
| 8 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 took | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | she | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | take | past | you | much | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's a polite «enjoy your meal»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 polite | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 polite | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 polite | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 polite | det |
| 6 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 enjoy | punct |
| 8 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 polite | parataxis |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 meal | nmod:poss |
| 10 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 enjoy | obj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 enjoy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | polite property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | enjoy in a quote | infinitive | your meal | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meal=Stimulus |
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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