Test 10 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said

Which phrase from this lesson can you safely use, and when?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: use

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 lesson	case
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 lesson	det
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 phrase	nmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 use	aux
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 use	nsubj
8	safely	safely	ADV	_	9 use	advmod
9	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 when	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 when	cc
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 use	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	can	which phrase from this lesson					safely property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

bié shuō le, softly, to stop an argument

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bié	bié	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 le	amod
2	shuō	shuō	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 le	compound
3	le	le	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stop	punct
5	softly	softly	ADV	_	8 stop	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stop	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stop	mark
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 le	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 argument	det
10	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive		a argument				softly property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality argument=Eventuality

Option 2

The "turtle" name, to a friend, as a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 name	det
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 turtle	punct
3	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	compound
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 turtle	punct
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 friend	punct
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 friend	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 friend	det
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 joke	punct
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 joke	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 joke	det
13	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	conj

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

Option 3

The one-word "get lost", to a granny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 word	det
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 word	nummod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 one	punct
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	nsubj:pass
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 word	punct
6	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lost	aux:pass
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 lost	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 granny	punct
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 granny	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 granny	det
12	granny	granny	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose in a quote	present · passive		the one word					tree rules

Option 4

The mouth "shut up", to a strict teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mouth	det
2	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shut	nsubj:pass
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 shut	punct
4	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 shut	compound:prt
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 shut	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 teacher	punct
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 teacher	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 teacher	det
10	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 teacher	amod
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut up in a quote	participle · passive		the mouth				to a strict teacher	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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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