Test 7 · The body
Lín's mate shouts something rude with "zuǐ" in it at a dinner lady. What did it probably mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, zuǐ · What happens: shout, mean · To what, where: something, zuǐ
This is test 7 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: Lín's mate shouts something rude with "zuǐ" in it at a dinner lady.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lín | Lín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Lín | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shouts | nsubj |
| 4 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 shouts | obj |
| 6 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 something | amod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 zuǐ | case |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 zuǐ | punct |
| 9 | zuǐ | zuǐ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shouts | obl |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 zuǐ | punct |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shouts | obl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 lady | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 lady | det |
| 15 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 lady | compound |
| 16 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shouts | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shouts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | Lín's mate | something | zuǐ | with zuǐ; at a dinner lady | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic |
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 did it probably mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 mean | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 mean | advmod |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | past · do-support | zuǐ | probably property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
"I'm hungry"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 hungry | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 hungry | nsubj |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hungry | cop |
| 4 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 hungry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | I | hungry property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A rude "shut up!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rude | det |
| 2 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 shut | punct |
| 4 | shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 rude | conj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 shut | compound:prt |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 rude | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 rude | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut up in a quote | participle | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
"Your food is tasty"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 tasty | punct |
| 2 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 food | nmod:poss |
| 3 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tasty | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 tasty | cop |
| 5 | tasty | tasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 tasty | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Your food | tasty property | tree rules |
Option 4
"Open your mouth, please"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Open | punct |
| 2 | Open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Open | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Open | punct |
| 6 | please | please | INTJ | _ | 2 Open | discourse |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Open | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open in a quote | imperative | you not said here | your mouth | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=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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