Test 6 · Happy, angry, bored, scared
ugh scary film, my cousin's hiding behind the sofa and goes "wǒ hǎo pà". boys don't get scared, innit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: scary film, boys · What happens: hide, go, not get, innit · To what, where: sofa, hǎo pà, scary film
This is test 6 of lesson 16 «Happy, angry, bored, scared» 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 | ugh | ugh | INTJ | _ | 3 film | discourse |
| 2 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 film | amod |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 get | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cousin | punct |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 film | nmod |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 cousin | case |
| 8 | hiding | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 film | acl |
| 9 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 11 sofa | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sofa | det |
| 11 | sofa | sofa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hiding | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 goes | cc |
| 13 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hiding | conj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 wǒ | punct |
| 15 | wǒ | wǒ | X | Foreign=Yes | 17 pà | dep |
| 16 | hǎo | hǎo | X | _ | 17 pà | compound |
| 17 | pà | pà | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 goes | obl |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 pà | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 20 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 get | nsubj |
| 21 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 get | aux |
| 22 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 23 get | advmod |
| 23 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 24 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 get | xcomp |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 innit | punct |
| 26 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 get | conj |
| 27 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 23 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | scary film 's my cousin not said here | the sofa | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind sofa=Location | ||||
| 2 | go | present | scary film 's my cousin not said here | hǎo pà | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not get | present · do-support | boys | scary film 's my cousin | scared property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 4 | innit | infinitive | boys not said here | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Wrong, anyone gets scared; say "bié pà"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 anyone | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wrong | punct |
| 3 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gets | xcomp |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 gets | parataxis |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 pà | punct |
| 9 | bié | bié | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 pà | amod |
| 10 | pà | pà | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 pà | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | anyone | scared property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | bié pà | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pà=Topic |
Option 2
Wrong, it means he's angry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wrong | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 angry | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 angry | cop |
| 7 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | he | angry property | tree rules |
Option 3
Right, only girls ever say "wǒ hǎo pà"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 4 girls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 girls | advmod |
| 4 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 say | nsubj |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 say | advmod |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 wǒ | punct |
| 8 | wǒ | wǒ | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 pà | compound |
| 9 | hǎo | hǎo | X | Foreign=Yes | 8 wǒ | flat:foreign |
| 10 | pà | pà | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 pà | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | girls | wǒ pà | ever | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pà=Topic |
Option 4
Right, it means he's bored of the film
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bored | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bored | aux:pass |
| 7 | bored | bore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 film | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 film | det |
| 10 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bored | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | bore | present · passive | he | of the film | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
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