Test 5 · ★ · School words

«ugh, can't come out, zuòyè first, mum's strict» What's going on?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum · What happens: not come out, be, go on · To what, where: zuòyè

This is test 5 · ★ 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	_	6 come	punct
2	ugh	ugh	INTJ	_	6 come	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 ugh	punct
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 come	advmod
6	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	out	out	ADV	_	6 come	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 zuòyè	punct
9	zuòyè	zuòyè	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 come	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 strict	punct
12	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 strict	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 strict	cop
14	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 come	advcl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 strict	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 going	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 going	aux
18	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 strict	ccomp
19	on	on	ADP	_	18 going	compound:prt
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not come out in a quote	can		zuòyè	first, out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
2	is in a quote	present	mum		strict property	tree rules
3	go on	present · progressive				vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

He's going to bed early tonight, at six

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 going	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 bed	case
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	obl
6	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 going	advmod
7	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 six	punct
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 six	case
10	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · progressive	He			six	tonight	to bed; early property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location

Option 2

He's at Chinese school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 school	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 school	cop
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 school	case
4	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 school	amod
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			Chinese school			tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

His family wants homework done before play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 family	nmod:poss
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	obj
5	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 homework	acl
6	before	before	ADP	_	7 play	case
7	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	His family	homework					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot homework=Theme
2	do	participle		homework not said here			before play		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He's ill in bed and can't go out, poor thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ill	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ill	cop
3	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 bed	case
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ill	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 go	cc
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 go	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 go	advmod
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ill	conj
10	out	out	ADV	_	9 go	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 thing	punct
12	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ill	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			bed		ill property	tree rules
2	not go out	can	He not said here					out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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