Test 6 · ★ · Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!
«why's she giving me hot water, I asked for a drink» What's the reason?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: she, I · What happens: give, ask, be · To what, where: hot water, me, reason · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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 giving | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 giving | advmod |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 giving | aux |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 giving | nsubj |
| 5 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 asked | ccomp |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 giving | iobj |
| 7 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 water | amod |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 giving | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 giving | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 asked | nsubj |
| 11 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 reason | advcl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 drink | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 drink | det |
| 14 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 asked | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 asked | punct |
| 16 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 reason | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 reason | cop |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 reason | det |
| 19 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 19 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | present · progressive | she | hot water | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient water=Theme | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | I | for a drink | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | the reason | tree rules |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Warm water is offered as care; cold is thought bad for the tummy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 water | amod |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offered | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 offered | aux:pass |
| 4 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 care | case |
| 6 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offered | obl |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 thought | punct |
| 8 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thought | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 thought | aux:pass |
| 10 | thought | think | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 offered | conj |
| 11 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 thought | xcomp |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 tummy | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 tummy | det |
| 14 | tummy | tummy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | present · passive | Warm water | as care | vn volunteer-95.4 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Pivot as care=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present · passive | cold | for the tummy; bad property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Their tap only does hot water, the cold one's been broken for ages
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 tap | nmod:poss |
| 2 | tap | tap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 does | advmod |
| 4 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 broken | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 one | det |
| 9 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 one | amod |
| 10 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 one | case |
| 12 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 broken | aux:pass |
| 13 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 does | conj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 ages | case |
| 15 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 broken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | Their tap | hot water | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | break | participle · passive | the cold one | for ages | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | tap | Their = they | nom tap «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
She misheard you
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 misheard | nsubj |
| 2 | misheard | mishear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 misheard | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mishear | past | She | you | tree rules |
Option 4
It's a punishment
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 punishment | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 punishment | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 punishment | det |
| 4 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a punishment | 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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