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Exam question 2 · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said

It is given that the expression "méi jiàoyǎng" is applied to a child by an elder. Select the statement that accurately characterises its import.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: elder, you, statement · What happens: give, apply, select, characteris · To what, where: It, expression, statement, import

This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» 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 the expression "méi jiàoyǎng" is applied to a child by an elder.

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	SCONJ	_	12 applied	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 expression	det
6	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 applied	nsubj:pass
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 jiàoyǎng	punct
8	méi	méi	X	_	9 jiàoyǎng	compound
9	jiàoyǎng	jiàoyǎng	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expression	appos
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 jiàoyǎng	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 applied	aux:pass
12	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 child	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 child	det
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 applied	obl
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 elder	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 elder	det
18	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 applied	obl
19	.	.	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	apply	present · passive	a elder	the expression				to a child	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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 statement that accurately characterises its import.

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 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 characterises	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 characterises	advmod
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 statement	acl:relcl
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 import	nmod:poss
8	import	import	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characterises	obj
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 statement					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	characteris	present	the statement	statement's import				accurately property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It enquires as to the child's appetite

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 enquires	nsubj
2	enquires	enquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 appetite	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 as	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 appetite	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 child	case
8	appetite	appetite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enquires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enquire speech: other	present	It					as the child's appetite	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It imputes a deficient upbringing, censuring the family

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 imputes	nsubj
2	imputes	impute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 upbringing	det
4	deficient	deficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 upbringing	amod
5	upbringing	upbringing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 imputes	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 censuring	punct
7	censuring	censure	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 imputes	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 censuring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impute	present	It	a deficient upbringing					tree rules
2	censure	gerund		the family					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme

Option 3

It commends the child's diligence and good manners

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 commends	nsubj
2	commends	commend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 diligence	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 child	case
6	diligence	diligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commends	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 manners	cc
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 manners	amod
9	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 diligence	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commend	present	It	the child's diligence and good manners					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diligence=Theme

Option 4

It is a customary New Year blessing

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	7 blessing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 blessing	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 blessing	det
4	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 New	nmod:desc
5	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Year	compound
6	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 blessing	compound
7	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a Year blessing					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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