Test 1 · The body

my cousin says jītuǐ is a body part, chicken's leg so it's your leg. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, jītuǐ · What happens: say, be · To what, where: body part, leg · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 18 «The body» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	jītuǐ	jītuǐ	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 part	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 part	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 part	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 part	compound
8	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 leg	punct
10	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 leg	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 chicken	case
12	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 part	appos
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 leg	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 leg	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 leg	cop
16	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 leg	nmod:poss
17	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 leg	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 part	punct
19	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	jītuǐ	a body part	tree rules
3	is a	present	jītuǐ	your leg	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

No, it means a chicken's foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chicken	det
6	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 foot	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 chicken	case
8	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	a chicken's foot					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Topic

Option 2

Yes, jītuǐ is your own leg, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 leg	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	jītuǐ	jītuǐ	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leg	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 leg	cop
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 leg	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 leg	amod
7	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leg	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	jītuǐ	your own leg and innit					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, jītuǐ is chicken leg, a food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 leg	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	jītuǐ	jītuǐ	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leg	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 leg	cop
5	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leg	compound
6	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 food	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 food	det
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leg	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	jītuǐ	chicken leg and a food					tree rules

Option 4

Yes, it means a sore leg after running

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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 leg	det
6	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 leg	amod
7	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 running	mark
9	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 leg	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	a sore leg					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Topic
2	run	gerund	a sore leg not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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