Exam question 3 · In the playground: come on, your turn!

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression pái duì.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, expression

This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «In the playground: come on, your turn!» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 expression	det
11	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	pái	pái	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	11 expression	conj
13	duì	duì	X	Foreign=Yes	12 pái	flat
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the expression and pái		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=Experiencer

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 is an instruction to disperse and leave the queue

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 instruction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 instruction	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 instruction	det
4	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 disperse	mark
6	disperse	disperse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 instruction	acl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 leave	cc
8	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 disperse	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 queue	det
10	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a instruction	tree rules
2	disperse	to-infinitive			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	leave	infinitive		the queue	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queue=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It instructs one to form a queue; pushing in is termed chā duì

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	2 instructs	nsubj
2	instructs	instruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 instructs	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 form	mark
5	form	form	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 instructs	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 queue	det
7	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 termed	punct
9	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 termed	csubj:pass
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 pushing	advmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 termed	aux:pass
12	termed	term	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 instructs	conj
13	chā	chā	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 duì	amod
14	duì	duì	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 termed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	present	It	one	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient
2	form	to-infinitive		a queue	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location queue=Theme
3	push in	gerund			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
4	term	present · passive	pushing	chā duì	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: duì=Theme

Option 3

It denotes victory in a game

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 game	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	victory				in a game	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot victory=Theme in game=Attribute

Option 4

It is a cheer employed at sporting events

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 cheer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cheer	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cheer	det
4	cheer	cheer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cheer	acl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 events	case
7	sporting	sport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 events	amod
8	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a cheer		tree rules
2	employ	participle		a cheer not said here	sporting events	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	sport	gerund				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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