Test 4 · ★ · School words
Ming's mum, as soon as he's home: «kǎo de zěnmeyàng?». What does she want to know?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ming, mum · What happens: be, zěnmeyàng, want, know
This is test 4 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Ming's mum, as soon as he's home: «kǎo de zěnmeyàng?».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ming | Ming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ming | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 zěnmeyàng | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 soon | punct |
| 5 | as | as | ADV | _ | 6 soon | advmod |
| 6 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 mum | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 home | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 home | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 home | cop |
| 10 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 soon | advcl |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 kǎo | punct |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 kǎo | punct |
| 13 | kǎo | kǎo | X | Foreign=Yes | 15 zěnmeyàng | flat:foreign |
| 14 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 13 kǎo | flat |
| 15 | zěnmeyàng | zěnmeyàng | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 15 zěnmeyàng | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 zěnmeyàng | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 zěnmeyàng | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ming | home property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | zěnmeyàng in a quote | gerund | Ming's mum | 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.
Sentence 2: What does she want to know?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 want | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 want | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 want | nsubj |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 know | mark |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 want | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present · do-support | mum | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | know not said to happen | to-infinitive | mum not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
How the test went
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 went | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 test | det |
| 3 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the test | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Where his coat and bag are
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 coat | nmod:poss |
| 3 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Where | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 bag | cc |
| 5 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 coat | conj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Where | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | his coat and bag | where property | tree rules |
Option 3
Who he played with
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 played | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 played | nsubj |
| 3 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 played | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
What he ate for lunch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 ate | obj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ate | nsubj |
| 3 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 lunch | case |
| 5 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ate | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | he | for lunch | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
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