Test 8 · ★★★ · Games: rock-paper-scissors, hide and seek, cheat!
Your cousin gives Ming's granny a book at New Year. Why might she smile only politely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin · What happens: give, smile · To what, where: book, granny
This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 14 «Games: rock-paper-scissors, hide and seek, cheat!» 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: Your cousin gives Ming's granny a book at New Year.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | nsubj |
| 3 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Ming | Ming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 granny | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Ming | case |
| 6 | granny | granny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 book | det |
| 8 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 Year | case |
| 10 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Year | compound |
| 11 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 book | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Your cousin | a book | Ming's granny | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent granny=Recipient book=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: Why might she smile only politely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 smile | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 smile | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 smile | nsubj |
| 4 | smile | smile | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 politely | advmod |
| 6 | politely | politely | ADV | _ | 4 smile | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 smile | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | might | cousin | politely property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
shū (book) sounds like shū (lose)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shū | shū | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sounds | nsubj |
| 2 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 book | punct |
| 3 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 shū | appos |
| 4 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 book | punct |
| 5 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 shū | case |
| 7 | shū | shū | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sounds | obl |
| 8 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 9 lose | punct |
| 9 | lose | lose | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 sounds | parataxis |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 9 lose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | shū | like shū | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | lose | infinitive | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The book was red, the funeral colour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 book | det |
| 2 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 red | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 red | cop |
| 4 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 colour | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 colour | det |
| 7 | funeral | funeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 colour | compound |
| 8 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 red | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the book | red property | tree rules |
Option 3
Books are always rude gifts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 gifts | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 gifts | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 rude | advmod |
| 4 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 gifts | amod |
| 5 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Books | rude gifts | tree rules |
Option 4
Grannies all hate reading books
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grannies | grannie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hate | nsubj |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 hate | advmod |
| 3 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 books | compound |
| 5 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | Grannies | reading books | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus |
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