Test 11 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said

What would happen if a child greeted nobody and talked over a granny at dinner?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: happen, greet, talk · To what, where: child

This is test 11 · ★★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 greeted	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 greeted	nsubj:pass
7	greeted	greet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happen	advcl
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 greeted	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 talked	cc
10	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 greeted	conj
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 granny	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 granny	det
13	granny	granny	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 talked	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 dinner	case
15	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 granny	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	greet speech: greet a condition, not said to happen	participle · passive	a child		tree rules
3	talk	past		over a granny at dinner	vn talk-37.5 «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

She might say "méi jiàoyǎng", blaming his family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 say	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 say	aux
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 jiàoyǎng	punct
5	méi	méi	X	_	6 jiàoyǎng	compound
6	jiàoyǎng	jiàoyǎng	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 jiàoyǎng	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 blaming	punct
9	blaming	blame	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 say	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 family	nmod:poss
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blaming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	might	She	méi jiàoyǎng					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent jiàoyǎng=Topic
2	blame	gerund	She not said here	his family					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme

Option 2

She'd give him a red envelope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 give	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 give	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 envelope	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 envelope	amod
7	envelope	envelope	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would	She	a red envelope	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient envelope=Theme

Option 3

She'd say "zhēn guāi!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 say	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 say	aux
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 zhēn	punct
5	zhēn	zhēn	X	Foreign=Yes	3 say	obj
6	guāi	guāi	X	Foreign=Yes	5 zhēn	flat
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	She	zhēn					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent zhēn=Topic

Option 4

She'd say "xīnnián kuàilè"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 say	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 say	aux
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 kuàilè	punct
5	xīnnián	xīnnián	X	Foreign=Yes	6 kuàilè	compound
6	kuàilè	kuàilè	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 say	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 kuàilè	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	She	xīnnián kuàilè					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kuàilè=Topic

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