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Exam question 2 · Happy, angry, bored, scared

It is given that the phrase "qì sǐ wǒ le" contains the element sǐ. Select the statement that accurately characterises the function of that element.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: qì, phrase, you, statement · What happens: give, le, contain, select, characteris · To what, where: It, element sǐ, statement, function

This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Happy, angry, bored, scared» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that the phrase "qì sǐ wǒ le" contains the element sǐ.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 contains	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 phrase	det
6	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 contains	nsubj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 le	punct
8	qì	qì	X	Foreign=Yes	11 le	nsubj
9	sǐ	sǐ	ADV	_	11 le	advmod
10	wǒ	wǒ	X	Foreign=Yes	11 le	compound
11	le	le	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 phrase	appos
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 le	punct
13	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sǐ	det
15	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sǐ	compound
16	sǐ	sǐ	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 contains	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	le in a quote		qì					sǐ property	tree rules
3	contain	present	the phrase	the element sǐ					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sǐ=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: Select the statement that accurately characterises the function of that element.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 characterises	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 characterises	advmod
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 statement	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 function	det
8	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characterises	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 element	case
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 element	det
11	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 function	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	characteris	present	the statement	the function of that element				accurately property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It denotes the death of the speaker, literally understood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 death	det
4	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 speaker	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 speaker	det
7	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 death	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 understood	punct
9	literally	literally	ADV	_	10 understood	advmod
10	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 denotes	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the death of the speaker					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot death=Topic
2	understand	participle						literally property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	die		the speaker						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It renders the utterance a question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 utterance	det
4	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 question	det
6	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	the utterance					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent utterance=Recipient question=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It intensifies the feeling and does not denote actual death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 intensifies	nsubj
2	intensifies	intensify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 feeling	det
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 intensifies	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 denote	cc
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 denote	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 denote	advmod
8	denote	denote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 intensifies	conj
9	actual	actual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 death	amod
10	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 denote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intensify	present	It	the feeling					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient
2	not denote	present · do-support		actual death					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot death=Topic

Option 4

It denotes the death of a third party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 death	det
4	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 party	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 party	det
7	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 party	amod
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 death	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the death of a third party					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot death=Topic
2	die		a third party						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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