Test 2 · ★ · Days of the week, the clock, birthdays
Lín's mum stands at the door at 9 pm, arms crossed: "jǐ diǎn le?". Does she want the time?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, arms · What happens: stand, cross, jǐ, want · To what, where: door, diǎn le · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 22 «Days of the week, the clock, birthdays» 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 mum stands at the door at 9 pm, arms crossed: "jǐ diǎn le?".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lín | Lín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Lín | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stands | nsubj |
| 4 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 door | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stands | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 9 | case |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 stands | obl |
| 10 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 9 | nmod:unmarked |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 crossed | punct |
| 12 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 crossed | nsubj |
| 13 | crossed | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stands | conj |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 jǐ | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 jǐ | punct |
| 16 | jǐ | jǐ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stands | parataxis |
| 17 | diǎn | diǎn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 le | amod |
| 18 | le | le | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 jǐ | obj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 16 jǐ | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 jǐ | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | Lín's mum | the door | at 9 pm | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | cross | past | arms | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | jǐ in a quote | past | diǎn le | 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.
Sentence 2: Does she want the time?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 want | aux |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 want | nsubj |
| 3 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 want | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present · do-support | mum | time | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, she's lost track of time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lost | aux:pass |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | track | track | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lost | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 track | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · passive | she | tree rules |
Option 2
No, she means "goodnight, love"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 goodnight | punct |
| 6 | goodnight | goodnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 love | punct |
| 8 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 goodnight | conj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 goodnight | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | she | goodnight and love | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodnight=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, she means "you're late!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 late | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 late | nsubj |
| 7 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 late | cop |
| 8 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | ccomp |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 late | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 late | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | she | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | you | late property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, her watch has stopped working
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 stopped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 watch | nmod:poss |
| 4 | watch | watch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stopped | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stopped | aux |
| 6 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stopped | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present · perfect | her watch | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | work | gerund | her watch not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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