Test 2 · ★ · School words

«ming is my tóngxué so he's def my best friend» Is that right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ming, he, tóngxué · What happens: be · To what, where: tóngxué, best friend

This is test 2 · ★ 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	_	5 tóngxué	punct
2	ming	ming	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tóngxué	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tóngxué	cop
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tóngxué	nmod:poss
5	tóngxué	tóngxué	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 right	nsubj
6	so	so	ADV	_	12 friend	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 friend	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 friend	cop
9	def	definitely	ADV	_	12 friend	advmod
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 friend	nmod:poss
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 friend	amod
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tóngxué	advcl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 friend	punct
14	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 right	nsubj
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	ming	my tóngxué		tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	he	my best friend	definitely property	tree rules
3	is	present	my tóngxué		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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, tóngxué means brother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	tóngxué	tóngxué	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	tóngxué	brother					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic

Option 2

Yes, tóngxué means best friend for life, 100 per cent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	tóngxué	tóngxué	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 friend	amod
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 life	case
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 friend	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cent	punct
10	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 cent	nummod
11	per	per	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cent	compound
12	cent	cent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 friend	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	tóngxué	best friend and 100 per cent				for life	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme for life=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Not necessarily: tóngxué is classmate, not friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 necessarily	advmod
2	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	6 classmate	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 necessarily	punct
4	tóngxué	tóngxué	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 classmate	compound
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 classmate	cop
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 friend	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 friend	advmod
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 classmate	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		tóngxué classmate and friend				necessarily property	tree rules

Option 4

No, tóngxué means teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	tóngxué	tóngxué	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	tóngxué	teacher					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Topic

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