Test 3 · ★ · Weather and what Granny says to wear
It's sunny, 18 degrees, and Lín's granny makes him put on qiūkù. Who wins the argument?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It, granny, Lín · What happens: be, make, put, win · To what, where: Lín, qiūkù, argument
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 20 «Weather and what Granny says to wear» 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: It's sunny, 18 degrees, and Lín's granny makes him put on qiūkù.
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 sunny | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sunny | cop |
| 3 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 degrees | punct |
| 5 | 18 | 18 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 degrees | nummod |
| 6 | degrees | degree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sunny | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 makes | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 makes | cc |
| 9 | Lín | Lín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 granny | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Lín | case |
| 11 | granny | granny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 makes | nsubj |
| 12 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sunny | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 makes | obj |
| 14 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 makes | xcomp |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 qiūkù | case |
| 16 | qiūkù | qiūkù | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 put | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sunny | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | 18 degrees obl; sunny property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | present | Lín's granny | Lín | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | put | infinitive | Lín not said here | qiūkù | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on qiūkù=Destination |
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: Who wins the argument?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 wins | nsubj |
| 2 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 argument | det |
| 4 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wins | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 wins | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | the argument | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Lín's little sister
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lín | Lín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Lín | case |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sister | amod |
| 4 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Granny, usually — it's a loving family joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granny | Granny | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 joke | punct |
| 3 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 10 joke | advmod |
| 4 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 joke | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 joke | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 joke | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 joke | det |
| 8 | loving | loving | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 joke | amod |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 joke | compound |
| 10 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Granny | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a loving family joke | usually property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nobody argues about clothes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 argues | nsubj |
| 2 | argues | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 clothes | case |
| 4 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 2 argues | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | argue speech: disagree | present | Nobody | about clothes | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about clothes=Topic |
Option 4
Lín, because science says it's warm enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lín | Lín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 says | mark |
| 4 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 warm | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 warm | cop |
| 8 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 says | ccomp |
| 9 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 8 warm | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Lín | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | science | enough, warm property | tree rules |
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