Exam question 3 · Days of the week, the clock, birthdays

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phrase "jǐ diǎn le?" when uttered by a parent awaiting a tardy child at the threshold?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: phrase, parent · What happens: follow, characteris, jǐ, utter, await · To what, where: diǎn le, tardy child, threshold · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 22 «Days of the week, the clock, birthdays» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 phrase	det
10	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 jǐ	nsubj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 jǐ	punct
12	jǐ	jǐ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	ccomp
13	diǎn	diǎn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 le	amod
14	le	le	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 jǐ	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 jǐ	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 jǐ	punct
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 uttered	advmod
18	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	advcl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 parent	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 parent	det
21	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 uttered	obl
22	awaiting	await	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 parent	acl
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 child	det
24	tardy	tardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 child	amod
25	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 awaiting	obj
26	at	at	ADP	_	28 threshold	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 threshold	det
28	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 awaiting	obl
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present				accurately property	tree rules
3	jǐ in a quote	past	the phrase	diǎn le			tree rules
4	utter speech: other	participle				by a parent	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
5	await	gerund	a parent not said here	a tardy child	the threshold		tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It functions as a reproach for lateness, not a genuine enquiry

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 functions	nsubj
2	functions	function	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 reproach	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reproach	det
5	reproach	reproach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 functions	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 lateness	case
7	lateness	lateness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 functions	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 enquiry	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 enquiry	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 enquiry	det
11	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 enquiry	amod
12	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 functions	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	function	present	It					as a reproach; for lateness	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as reproach=Attribute

Option 2

It is an invitation to dinner

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	4 invitation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 invitation	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 invitation	det
4	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 dinner	mark
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invitation	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a invitation					tree rules

Option 3

It is a sincere request for the hour, the parent's watch having stopped

The tree, 14 words

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	5 request	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 request	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 request	det
4	sincere	sincere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 request	amod
5	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 hour	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hour	det
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 request	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 watch	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 parent	det
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 watch	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 parent	case
13	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 request	parataxis
14	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 watch	acl
15	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 having	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sincere request	hour	tree rules
2	have	gerund	the parent's watch not said here			tree rules
3	stop	participle	the parent's watch not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

It is a valediction for the night

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	4 valediction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 valediction	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 valediction	det
4	valediction	valediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 night	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 valediction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a valediction			night		tree rules

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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