Test 2 · ★★★ · Friendly teasing — when it's fun and when it stings

they're all on the roof of the shed going "dǎnxiǎoguǐ, jump!!". what should Lín do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, shed, Lín · What happens: be, go, jump, do · To what, where: roof · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 23 «Friendly teasing — when it's fun and when it stings» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 roof	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 roof	cop
3	all	all	ADV	_	6 roof	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 roof	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 roof	det
6	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 shed	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shed	det
9	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 roof	nmod
10	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 shed	acl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 dǎnxiǎoguǐ	punct
12	dǎnxiǎoguǐ	dǎnxiǎoguǐ	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 going	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 jump	punct
14	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 roof	parataxis
15	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	14 jump	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 jump	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 roof	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 do	obj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 do	aux
20	Lín	Lín	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 do	nsubj
21	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 roof	acl:relcl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 roof	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	they		the roof	of the shed; all property	tree rules
2	go	gerund	the shed not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	jump in a quote	infinitive					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	do	should	Lín	the roof			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Push someone else off first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Push	obj
3	else	else	ADV	_	2 someone	advmod
4	off	off	ADV	_	1 Push	advmod
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Push	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push off	imperative	you not said here	someone				first, off property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme

Option 2

Jump to prove he isn't scared of anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 prove	mark
3	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Jump	advcl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 scared	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	cop
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 scared	advmod
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prove	ccomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 anything	case
9	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	jump	imperative	you not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	prove	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	not is	present	he	of anything; scared property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Not jump; the name isn't worth a broken arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 jump	advmod
2	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 worth	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 name	det
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 worth	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 worth	cop
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 worth	advmod
8	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 jump	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 arm	det
10	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 arm	amod
11	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 worth	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not jump	imperative	you not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not is	present	the name	worth property	tree rules
3	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Call them àikūguǐ and jump

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Call	obj
3	àikūguǐ	àikūguǐ	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Call	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 jump	cc
5	jump	jump	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 àikūguǐ	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	imperative	you not said here	them = they					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

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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