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Test 9 · ★ · Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!

In a cartoon a kid clinks his juice high above Grandad's glass. What would be more polite?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid · What happens: clink, be · To what, where: juice, cartoon

This is test 9 · ★ 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: In a cartoon a kid clinks his juice high above Grandad's glass.

casedetobldetnsubjnmod:possobjadvmodcasenmod:posscaseoblpunctrootInADPaDETcartoonNOUNaDETkidNOUNclinksVERBhisPRONjuiceNOUNhighADVaboveADPGrandadPROPN'sPARTglassNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 cartooncase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 cartoondet
3cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing6 clinksobl
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 kiddet
5kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing6 clinksnsubj
6clinksclinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 juicenmod:poss
8juicejuiceNOUNNumber=Sing6 clinksobj
9highhighADVDegree=Pos6 clinksadvmod
10aboveaboveADP_13 glasscase
11GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing13 glassnmod:poss
12's'sPART_11 Grandadcase
13glassglassNOUNNumber=Sing6 clinksobl
14..PUNCT_6 clinkspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1clinkpresenta kidkid's juicea cartoonabove Grandad's glass; high propertyvn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location juice=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.

Sentence 2: What would be more polite?

nsubjauxcopadvmodpunctrootWhatPRONwouldAUXbeAUXmoreADVpoliteADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 politensubj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 politeaux
3bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf5 politecop
4moremoreADVDegree=Cmp5 politeadvmod
5politepoliteADJDegree=Posrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 politepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1iswouldpolite propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Hold it even higher

objadvmodxcomprootHoldVERBitPRONevenADVhigherADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HoldholdVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Holdobj
3evenevenADV_4 higheradvmod
4higherhighADJDegree=Cmp1 Holdxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1holdimperativeyou not said hereithigh propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Not drink at all

advmodcaseoblrootNotPARTdrinkVERBatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NotnotPARTPolarity=Neg2 drinkadvmod
2drinkdrinkVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3atatADP_4 allcase
4allallDETPronType=Tot2 drinkobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not drinkimperativeyou not said hereallvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Pour it on the table

objcasedetoblrootPourVERBitPRONonADPtheDETtableNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PourpourVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Pourobj
3ononADP_5 tablecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 tabledet
5tabletableNOUNNumber=Sing1 Pourobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pourimperativeyou not said hereitthe tablevn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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

Hold it a little lower than Grandad's

objdetobl:unmarkedxcompcaseoblcaserootHoldVERBitPRONaDETlittleADJlowerADJthanADPGrandadPROPN'sPART
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HoldholdVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Holdobj
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 littledet
4littlelittleADJDegree=Pos5 lowerobl:unmarked
5lowerlowADJDegree=Cmp1 Holdxcomp
6thanthanADP_7 Grandadcase
7GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing5 lowerobl
8's'sPART_7 Grandadcase
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1holdimperativeyou not said hereitlow propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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