Test 4 · ★ · Hungry, tired, shy, excited Lín's dad keeps checking the clock at the hospital while Granny is seen. Lín whispers "bàba hěn zháojí". Is Dad cross with Lín?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, Lín · What happens: keep, check, see, whisper, be · To what, where: clock, hospital, Granny, hěn zháojí, Dad cross
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 17 «Hungry, tired, shy, excited» 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: Lín's dad keeps checking the clock at the hospital while Granny is seen.
nmod:poss case nsubj xcomp det obj case det obl mark nsubj aux:pass advcl punct root Lín PROPN 's PART dad NOUN keeps VERB checking VERB the DET clock NOUN at ADP the DET hospital NOUN while SCONJ Granny PROPN is AUX seen VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lín Lín PROPN Number=Sing 3 dad nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Lín case 3 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 4 keeps nsubj 4 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 checking check VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 keeps xcomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 clock det 7 clock clock NOUN Number=Sing 5 checking obj 8 at at ADP _ 10 hospital case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 hospital det 10 hospital hospital NOUN Number=Sing 5 checking obl 11 while while SCONJ _ 14 seen mark 12 Granny Granny PROPN Number=Sing 14 seen nsubj 13 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 seen aux:pass 14 seen see VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 checking advcl 15 . . PUNCT _ 4 keeps punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep present Lín's dad tree rules 2 check gerund Lín's dad not said here the clock the hospital vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Theme 3 see present · passive Granny vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
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: Lín whispers "bàba hěn zháojí".
nsubj punct dep compound obl punct punct root Lín PROPN whispers VERB " PUNCT bàba X hěn X zháojí NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lín Lín PROPN Number=Sing 2 whispers nsubj 2 whispers whisper VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 zháojí punct 4 bàba bàba X Foreign=Yes 6 zháojí dep 5 hěn hěn X Foreign=Yes 6 zháojí compound 6 zháojí zháojí NOUN Number=Sing 2 whispers obl 7 " " PUNCT _ 6 zháojí punct 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 whispers punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 whisper speech: assert present Lín hěn zháojí vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Is Dad cross with Lín?
cop compound case nmod punct root Is AUX Dad PROPN cross NOUN with ADP Lín PROPN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 cross cop 2 Dad Dad PROPN Number=Sing 3 cross compound 3 cross cross NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 with with ADP _ 5 Lín case 5 Lín Lín PROPN Number=Sing 3 cross nmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 cross punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Dad cross with Lín tree rules
The options Option 1 Yes, zháojí means furious
discourse punct nsubj xcomp root Yes INTJ , PUNCT zháojí NOUN means VERB furious ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 means discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 zháojí zháojí NOUN Number=Sing 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 furious furious ADJ Degree=Pos 4 means xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present zháojí furious property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer No, he's anxious, not angry
discourse punct nsubj cop punct advmod conj root No INTJ , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX anxious ADJ , PUNCT not PART angry ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 anxious discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 anxious nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 anxious cop 5 anxious anxious ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 angry punct 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 angry advmod 8 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos 5 anxious conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present he anxious property tree rules 2 not be he not said here tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Yes, he's cross with the doctor
discourse punct nsubj cop case det obl root Yes INTJ , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX cross ADJ with ADP the DET doctor NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 cross discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 cross nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 cross cop 5 cross cross ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 with with ADP _ 8 doctor case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 doctor det 8 doctor doctor NOUN Number=Sing 5 cross obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present he with the doctor; cross property tree rules
Option 4 No, he's bored
discourse punct nsubj cop root No INTJ , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX bored ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 bored discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 bored nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 bored cop 5 bored bored ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present he bored property tree rules
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