Test 5 · ★★ · Animals and "what animal are you?" In a British cartoon a dragon burns a village. Lín's granny says Chinese dragons aren't like that. What's she right about?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dragon, granny · What happens: burn, say, not be, be · To what, where: village, British cartoon, Chinese dragons, granny · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Animals and "what animal are you?"» 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 British cartoon a dragon burns a village.
case det amod obl det nsubj det obj punct root In ADP a DET British ADJ cartoon NOUN a DET dragon NOUN burns VERB a DET village NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 cartoon case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 cartoon det 3 British British ADJ Degree=Pos 4 cartoon amod 4 cartoon cartoon NOUN Number=Sing 7 burns obl 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 dragon det 6 dragon dragon NOUN Number=Sing 7 burns nsubj 7 burns burn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 village det 9 village village NOUN Number=Sing 7 burns obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 burns punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 burn present a dragon a village a British cartoon vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent village=Theme
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: Lín's granny says Chinese dragons aren't like that.
nmod:poss case nsubj amod obj cop advmod case nmod punct root Lín PROPN 's PART granny NOUN says VERB Chinese ADJ dragons NOUN are AUX n't PART like ADP that PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lín Lín PROPN Number=Sing 3 granny nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Lín case 3 granny granny NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 6 dragons amod 6 dragons dragon NOUN Number=Plur 4 says obj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 that cop 8 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 that advmod 9 like like ADP _ 10 that case 10 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 dragons nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Lín's granny Chinese dragons vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dragon=Topic 2 not is present like that tree rules
Sentence 3: What's she right about?
cop nsubj advmod advmod punct root What PRON 's AUX she PRON right ADV about ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 she cop 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 What nsubj 4 right right ADV _ 5 about advmod 5 about about ADV _ 1 What advmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present granny tree rules
The options Option 1 Chinese dragons are even scarier and burn cities
amod nsubj cop advmod cc conj obj root Chinese ADJ dragons NOUN are AUX even ADV scarier ADJ and CCONJ burn VERB cities NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 2 dragons amod 2 dragons dragon NOUN Number=Plur 5 scarier nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 scarier cop 4 even even ADV _ 5 scarier advmod 5 scarier scarey ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 burn cc 7 burn burn VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 scarier conj 8 cities city NOUN Number=Plur 7 burn obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Chinese dragons scarey property tree rules 2 burn infinitive Chinese dragons not said here cities vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent city=Theme
Option 2 Chinese dragons live only in deep caves
amod nsubj advmod case amod obl root Chinese ADJ dragons NOUN live VERB only ADV in ADP deep ADJ caves NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 2 dragons amod 2 dragons dragon NOUN Number=Plur 3 live nsubj 3 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 only only ADV _ 3 live advmod 5 in in ADP _ 7 caves case 6 deep deep ADJ Degree=Pos 7 caves amod 7 caves cave NOUN Number=Plur 3 live obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 live present Chinese dragons deep caves vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location
Option 3 Chinese dragons are always small
amod nsubj cop advmod root Chinese ADJ dragons NOUN are AUX always ADV small ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 2 dragons amod 2 dragons dragon NOUN Number=Plur 5 small nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 small cop 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 small advmod 5 small small ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Chinese dragons always, small property tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Chinese dragons are lucky, wise rain-bringers
amod nsubj cop punct amod compound punct obl root Chinese ADJ dragons NOUN are AUX lucky ADJ , PUNCT wise ADJ rain NOUN - PUNCT bringers NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 2 dragons amod 2 dragons dragon NOUN Number=Plur 4 lucky nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 lucky cop 4 lucky lucky ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 bringers punct 6 wise wise ADJ Degree=Pos 9 bringers amod 7 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 9 bringers compound 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 rain punct 9 bringers bringer NOUN Number=Plur 4 lucky obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Chinese dragons wise rain bringers obl ; lucky property tree rules
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