Test 7 · ★ · School words
In a game a pupil runs in shouting «xià kè!» as the bell rings for the first lesson. What should he have shouted?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, bell · What happens: run, shout, ring · To what, where: game, xià
This is test 7 · ★ 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: In a game a pupil runs in shouting «xià kè!» as the bell rings for the first lesson.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 runs | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pupil | det |
| 5 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 runs | nsubj |
| 6 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 8 shouting | mark |
| 8 | shouting | shout | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 runs | advcl |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 xià | punct |
| 10 | xià | xià | X | _ | 8 shouting | obj |
| 11 | kè | kè | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 xià | flat |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 runs | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 runs | punct |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 rings | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 bell | det |
| 16 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 rings | nsubj |
| 17 | rings | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 runs | advcl |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 lesson | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 lesson | det |
| 20 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 21 lesson | amod |
| 21 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 rings | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 runs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | a pupil | a game | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in game=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | gerund | a pupil not said here | xià | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent xià=Topic | ||||
| 3 | ring | present | the bell | for the first lesson | vn sound_emission-43.2 «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.
Sentence 2: What should he have shouted?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 shouted | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 shouted | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 shouted | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 shouted | aux |
| 5 | shouted | shout | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 shouted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | should · perfect | pupil | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
wǒ wàng le!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wǒ | wǒ | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 le | flat:foreign |
| 2 | wàng | wàng | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 le | flat:foreign |
| 3 | le | le | X | Foreign=Yes | root | root |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 le | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
shàng kè le!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shàng | shàng | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | kè | kè | X | _ | 3 le | compound |
| 3 | le | le | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 shàng | obj |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 shàng | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shàng | gerund | kè le | tree rules |
Option 3
yìbǎi fēn!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yìbǎi | yìbǎi | X | _ | root | root |
| 2 | fēn | fēn | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 yìbǎi | flat:foreign |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 yìbǎi | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
lǎoshī hǎo, sitting down!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lǎoshī | lǎoshī | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 sitting | nsubj |
| 2 | hǎo | hǎo | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 lǎoshī | flat:foreign |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sitting | punct |
| 4 | sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 sitting | advmod |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 sitting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit down | gerund | lǎoshī | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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