Test 2 · The body
You want to say "I've got two ears" but your voice falls on the first bit: èrduo. What sounds wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, I, voice · What happens: want, say, get, fall, sound · To what, where: two ears, first bit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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
Sentence 1: You want to say "I've got two ears" but your voice falls on the first bit: èrduo.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 want | nsubj |
| 2 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 say | mark |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 want | xcomp |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 got | nsubj |
| 7 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 got | aux |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 say | ccomp |
| 9 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 ears | nummod |
| 10 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 got | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 falls | cc |
| 13 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 voice | nmod:poss |
| 14 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 falls | nsubj |
| 15 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 want | conj |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 bit | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 bit | det |
| 18 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 19 bit | amod |
| 19 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 falls | obl |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 èrduo | punct |
| 21 | èrduo | èrduo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 bit | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | You | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | You not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | get in a quote | present · perfect | I | two ears | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ear=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | fall | present | your voice | the first bit and èrduo | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on bit=Location |
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 sounds wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 sounds | nsubj |
| 2 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sounds | xcomp |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 sounds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | wrong property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
èr falling is a rude word for ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | èr | èr | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 falling | amod |
| 2 | falling | falling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 word | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 word | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 word | det |
| 5 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 word | amod |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 ears | case |
| 8 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | èr falling | a rude word | for ears | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
èr falling is "two", not "ear"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | èr | èr | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 falling | amod |
| 2 | falling | falling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 two | cop |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 two | punct |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 falling | appos |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 falling | punct |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 ear | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 ear | advmod |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 ear | punct |
| 10 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 falling | conj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 ear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | two | tree rules |
Option 3
Nothing, both tones are fine for ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 tones | det |
| 4 | tones | tone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fine | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fine | cop |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 ears | case |
| 8 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fine | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | for ears; fine property | tree rules |
Option 4
èr falling means "nose"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | èr | èr | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 falling | amod |
| 2 | falling | falling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 nose | punct |
| 5 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | obj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 nose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | èr falling | nose | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Topic |
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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