Exam question 3 · Hungry, tired, shy, excited

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "zháojí" as applied to a parent?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, apply · To what, where: term

This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Hungry, tired, shy, excited» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 zháojí	punct
12	zháojí	zháojí	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 zháojí	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 applied	mark
15	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	advcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 parent	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 parent	det
18	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 applied	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the term	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	apply	participle		to a parent	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

It denotes ungovernable fury directed at the child

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	ungovernable	ungovernable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fury	amod
4	fury	fury	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fury	acl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 directed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	ungovernable fury					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fury=Topic
2	direct	participle		ungovernable fury not said here				at the child	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at child=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes anxiety combined with haste, not anger

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	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
4	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 anxiety	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 haste	case
6	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 combined	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 anger	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 anger	advmod
9	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 haste	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	anxiety					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot anxiety=Topic
2	combine	participle		anxiety not said here				with haste and anger	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with haste=Co-Patient

Option 3

It denotes shyness in company

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	shyness	shyness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 company	case
5	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	shyness				in company	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot shyness=Theme in company=Attribute

Option 4

It denotes drowsiness

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	drowsiness	drowsiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	drowsiness					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot drowsiness=Topic

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