Test 7 · ★ · Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!
Ming's little brother is 3. Why should he sip bubble tea carefully?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little brother, Ming · What happens: be, sip · To what, where: 3, bubble tea
This is test 7 · ★ 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 little brother is 3.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ming | Ming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ming | case |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 brother | amod |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 3 | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 3 | cop |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 3 | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Ming's little brother | 3 | 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.
Sentence 2: Why should he sip bubble tea carefully?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 sip | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sip | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sip | nsubj |
| 4 | sip | sip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | bubble | bubble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tea | compound |
| 6 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sip | obj |
| 7 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 4 sip | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 sip | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sip | should | Ming | bubble tea | carefully property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The tapioca pearls can choke little ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pearls | det |
| 2 | tapioca | tapioca | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pearls | compound |
| 3 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 choke | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 choke | aux |
| 5 | choke | choke | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ones | amod |
| 7 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 choke | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choke | can | the tapioca pearls | little ones | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Destination |
Option 2
It's only for grown-ups, by the rules of the shop
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 | 7 ups | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ups | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 ups | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 ups | case |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 ups | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 grown | punct |
| 7 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 rules | punct |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 rules | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rules | det |
| 11 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ups | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 shop | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 shop | det |
| 14 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rules | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | It | for grown ups and the rules of the shop | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | rule | the shop | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 3
It's too sweet for boys
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 sweet | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sweet | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 sweet | advmod |
| 4 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 boys | case |
| 6 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sweet | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for boys; sweet property | tree rules |
Option 4
It's far too hot for small mouths
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 | 5 hot | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hot | cop |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 hot | advmod |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 hot | advmod |
| 5 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 mouths | case |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mouths | amod |
| 8 | mouths | mouth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hot | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for small mouths; far, hot property | 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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