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Exam question 2 · Today, tomorrow, now, later

It is given that "mǎshàng" is employed by a parent who stands ready to depart. Select the interpretation consistent with the established usage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parent, you · What happens: give, employ, stand, depart, select, establish · To what, where: It, mǎshàng, interpretation

This is exam question 2 of lesson 21 «Today, tomorrow, now, later» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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 is given that "mǎshàng" is employed by a parent who stands ready to depart.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 mǎshàng	det
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 mǎshàng	punct
6	mǎshàng	mǎshàng	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 employed	nsubj:pass
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 mǎshàng	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 employed	aux:pass
9	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	parataxis
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 parent	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 parent	det
12	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 employed	obl
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 stands	nsubj
14	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 parent	acl:relcl
15	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 stands	xcomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 depart	mark
17	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 ready	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	employ	present · passive	a parent	that mǎshàng					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	stand	present	a parent					ready property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	depart	to-infinitive	a parent not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Select the interpretation consistent with the established usage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 interpretation	det
3	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 usage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 usage	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 usage	amod
8	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the interpretation				consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Not at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 all	advmod
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

On the following day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	4 day	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 day	det
3	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 day	amod
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

At an indeterminate future date

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	5 date	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 date	det
3	indeterminate	indeterminate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 date	amod
4	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 date	compound
5	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Immediately, without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediately	immediately	ADV	_	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Immediately	punct
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 delay	case
4	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Immediately	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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