Test 5 · ★ · Hungry, tired, shy, excited
Lín says "wǒ méi shì" but his eyes are red and he won't look at you. What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lín, eyes, you · What happens: say, be, not look, do · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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 says "wǒ méi shì" but his eyes are red and he won't look at you.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lín | Lín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 shì | punct |
| 4 | wǒ | wǒ | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 shì | discourse |
| 5 | méi | méi | X | _ | 6 shì | compound |
| 6 | shì | shì | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 shì | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 red | cc |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 10 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 red | nsubj |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 red | cop |
| 12 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 look | cc |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 look | nsubj |
| 15 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 look | aux |
| 16 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 look | advmod |
| 17 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 red | conj |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 you | case |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 look | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Lín | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Lín's eyes | red property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not look | future | Lín | at you | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at you=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 you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tell everyone he's crying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 crying | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 crying | aux |
| 5 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | present · progressive | he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Laugh, he's being a baby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 baby | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 baby | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 baby | cop |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 baby | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 baby | det |
| 7 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Laugh | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | he | a baby | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Stay with him and ask gently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Stay | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 ask | cc |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 6 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 5 ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | with him = he | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | gently property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Believe him and go off to play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Believe | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 go | cc |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Believe | conj |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 go | compound:prt |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 play | mark |
| 7 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | go off | infinitive | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | play | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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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