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Test 6 · The body

In a cartoon a boy says "zhèr téng" and points to his tummy. What is he saying?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: say, point · To what, where: zhèr téng, cartoon, tummy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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: In a cartoon a boy says "zhèr téng" and points to his tummy.

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 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 téng	punct
8	zhèr	zhèr	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 téng	compound
9	téng	téng	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 téng	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 points	cc
12	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 says	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 tummy	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 tummy	nmod:poss
15	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 points	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a boy	zhèr téng		a cartoon			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent téng=Theme in cartoon=Manner
2	point	present	a boy not said here		boy's tummy				vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to tummy=Recipient

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 is he saying?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 saying	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 saying	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saying	nsubj
4	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	boy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

It's fine here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 fine	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				here		fine property	tree rules

Option 2

I'm full up here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 full	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 full	cop
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	up	up	ADV	_	3 full	advmod
5	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 full	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	I			here		full property	tree rules

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

It hurts here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hurts	nsubj
2	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 hurts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present	It			here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Tickle me here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tickle	tickle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Tickle	obj
3	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Tickle	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tickle	imperative	you not said here	me		here			vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Experiencer

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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