Exam question 4 · Games: rock-paper-scissors, hide and seek, cheat!

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the game yī èr sān mùtourén?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: game · What happens: follow, characteris, yī · To what, where: èr sān mùtourén

This is exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Games: rock-paper-scissors, hide and seek, cheat!» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 yī	nsubj
11	yī	yī	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	ccomp
12	èr	èr	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mùtourén	amod
13	sān	sān	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mùtourén	compound
14	mùtourén	mùtourén	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 yī	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	yī	past	the game	èr sān mùtourén		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 · ✓ the right answer

Players freeze when the counter turns; any who move are out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 freeze	nsubj
2	freeze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 turns	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 counter	det
5	counter	counter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turns	nsubj
6	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 freeze	advcl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 move	punct
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 move	nsubj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 move	nsubj
10	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 freeze	advcl
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 out	cop
12	out	out	ADV	_	10 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	freeze	present	Players		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	turn	present	the counter		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	move	present	any		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present		out property	tree rules

Option 2

Players skip a rope in turns, counting aloud to one hundred

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 skip	nsubj
2	skip	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 skip	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 turns	case
6	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 skip	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 counting	punct
8	counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 skip	conj
9	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	8 counting	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 hundred	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 hundred	compound
12	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 counting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	skip	present	Players	a rope		turns			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent rope=Theme in turn=Trajectory
2	count	gerund	Players not said here					to one hundred; aloud property	vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to hundred=Experiencer

Option 3

Players hide while one seeks them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hide	nsubj
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	while	while	SCONJ	_	5 seeks	mark
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 seeks	nsubj
5	seeks	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hide	advcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 seeks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	Players						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	seek	present	one	Players = player					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A hen protects chicks from an eagle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hen	det
2	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protects	nsubj
3	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 protects	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 eagle	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 eagle	det
7	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present	a hen		chicks			from a eagle	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent chick=Beneficiary from eagle=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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