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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.

nsubjmarkxcomppunctnsubjauxccompnummodobjpunctccnmod:possnsubjconjcasedetamodoblpunctconjpunctrootYouPRONwantVERBtoPARTsayVERB"PUNCTIPRON'veAUXgotVERBtwoNUMearsNOUN"PUNCTbutCCONJyourPRONvoiceNOUNfallsVERBonADPtheDETfirstADJbitNOUN:PUNCTèrduoNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 wantnsubj
2wantwantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 saymark
4saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf2 wantxcomp
5""PUNCT_8 gotpunct
6IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs8 gotnsubj
7'vehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 gotaux
8gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part4 sayccomp
9twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card10 earsnummod
10earsearNOUNNumber=Plur8 gotobj
11""PUNCT_8 gotpunct
12butbutCCONJ_15 fallscc
13youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 voicenmod:poss
14voicevoiceNOUNNumber=Sing15 fallsnsubj
15fallsfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 wantconj
16ononADP_19 bitcase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 bitdet
18firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord19 bitamod
19bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing15 fallsobl
20::PUNCT_21 èrduopunct
21èrduoèrduoNOUNNumber=Sing19 bitconj
22..PUNCT_2 wantpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wantpresentYouvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2say speech: assert not said to happento-infinitiveYou not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3get in a quotepresent · perfectItwo earsvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ear=Stimulus
4fallpresentyour voicethe first bit and èrduovn 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?

nsubjxcomppunctrootWhatPRONsoundsVERBwrongADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int2 soundsnsubj
2soundssoundVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos2 soundsxcomp
4??PUNCT_2 soundspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1soundpresentwrong propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

èr falling is a rude word for ears

amodnsubjcopdetamodcasenmodrootèrADJfallingNOUNisAUXaDETrudeADJwordNOUNforADPearsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1èrèrADJDegree=Pos2 fallingamod
2fallingfallingNOUNNumber=Sing6 wordnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 wordcop
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 worddet
5ruderudeADJDegree=Pos6 wordamod
6wordwordNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7forforADP_8 earscase
8earsearNOUNNumber=Plur6 wordnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentèr fallinga rude wordfor earstree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

èr falling is "two", not "ear"

amodcoppunctappospunctpunctadvmodpunctconjpunctrootèrADJfallingNOUNisAUX"PUNCTtwoNUM"PUNCT,PUNCTnotPART"PUNCTearNOUN"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1èrèrADJDegree=Pos2 fallingamod
2fallingfallingNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 twocop
4""PUNCT_5 twopunct
5twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 fallingappos
6""PUNCT_2 fallingpunct
7,,PUNCT_10 earpunct
8notnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 earadvmod
9""PUNCT_10 earpunct
10earearNOUNNumber=Sing2 fallingconj
11""PUNCT_10 earpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresenttwotree rules

Option 3

Nothing, both tones are fine for ears

nsubjpunctdetnsubjcopcaseoblrootNothingPRON,PUNCTbothDETtonesNOUNareAUXfineADJforADPearsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg6 finensubj
2,,PUNCT_1 Nothingpunct
3bothbothDETPronType=Tot4 tonesdet
4tonestoneNOUNNumber=Plur6 finensubj
5arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 finecop
6finefineADJDegree=Posrootroot
7forforADP_8 earscase
8earsearNOUNNumber=Plur6 fineobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentNothingfor ears; fine propertytree rules

Option 4

èr falling means "nose"

amodnsubjpunctobjpunctrootèrADJfallingNOUNmeansVERB"PUNCTnoseNOUN"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1èrèrADJDegree=Pos2 fallingamod
2fallingfallingNOUNNumber=Sing3 meansnsubj
3meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4""PUNCT_5 nosepunct
5nosenoseNOUNNumber=Sing3 meansobj
6""PUNCT_5 nosepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentèr fallingnosevn 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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