Test 1 · ★ · School words

«my mate says chinese kids call teachers by first name like Mr Dave lol» Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, chinese kids · What happens: say, call, be · To what, where: teachers · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 15 «School words» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	advcl
5	chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kids	amod
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 call	nsubj
7	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 call	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 name	case
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 name	amod
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 call	obl
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 Mr	case
13	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 name	nmod
14	Dave	Dave	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Mr	flat
15	lol	lol	NOUN	_	7 call	xcomp
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
17	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 right	nsubj
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	call in a quote	present	chinese kids	teachers	by first name like Mr	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
3	is	present	mate		right property	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

No, they say lǎoshī or surname plus lǎoshī

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	lǎoshī	lǎoshī	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 surname	cc
7	surname	surname	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lǎoshī	conj
8	plus	plus	CCONJ	_	9 lǎoshī	cc
9	lǎoshī	lǎoshī	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lǎoshī	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	they	lǎoshī or surname plus lǎoshī					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lǎoshī=Topic

Option 2

Yes, but only at the weekend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 weekend	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 weekend	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 weekend	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 weekend	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 weekend	det
7	weekend	weekend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Yes, always the first name, it's friendlier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 name	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 name	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 name	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 name	amod
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 friendlier	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 friendlier	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 friendlier	cop
10	friendlier	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 name	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	name	the first name not said here				friendly property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

No, they call all teachers āyí

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 call	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 call	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 call	nsubj
4	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 teachers	det
6	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 call	obj
7	āyí	āyí	X	Foreign=Yes	4 call	dep

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	they		all teachers				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

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