Test 8 · ★ · Hungry, tired, shy, excited
In a cartoon a panda says "wǒ kě le" and is given a sandwich. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: panda · What happens: say, give, be · To what, where: wǒ kě le, cartoon, sandwich · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: In a cartoon a panda says "wǒ kě le" and is given a sandwich.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 panda | det |
| 5 | panda | panda | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 le | punct |
| 8 | wǒ | wǒ | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 le | compound |
| 9 | kě | kě | X | _ | 10 le | compound |
| 10 | le | le | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 le | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 given | cc |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 given | aux:pass |
| 14 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 says | conj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 sandwich | det |
| 16 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 given | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a panda | wǒ kě le | a cartoon | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent le=Theme in cartoon=Manner | |||
| 2 | give | present · passive | a panda not said here | a sandwich | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: sandwich=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's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
kě means sleepy, he needed bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kě | kě | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sleepy | sleepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 needed | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 needed | nsubj |
| 6 | needed | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 7 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 needed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | kě | sleepy property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | need | past | kě | bed | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bed=Theme |
Option 2
kě means shy, he needed a hug
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kě | kě | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | shy | shy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 needed | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 needed | nsubj |
| 6 | needed | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hug | det |
| 8 | hug | hug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 needed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | kě | shy property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | need | past | kě | a hug | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hug=Theme |
Option 3
Nothing, kě means hungry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 kě | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | kě | kě | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Nothing kě | hungry property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
kě is thirsty, he needed a drink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kě | kě | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 thirsty | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 thirsty | cop |
| 3 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 needed | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 needed | nsubj |
| 6 | needed | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 thirsty | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 drink | det |
| 8 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 needed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | kě | thirsty property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | past | kě | a drink | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot drink=Theme |
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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