Test 3 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said

Without knowing a word, how can you tell an insult is happening?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, knowing · What happens: know, tell, happen · To what, where: word, insult · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ 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	Without	without	SCONJ	_	2 knowing	mark
2	knowing	know	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 happening	csubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 word	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knowing	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tell	punct
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 tell	advmod
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 tell	aux
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 tell	nsubj
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 knowing	conj
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 insult	det
11	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 happening	aux
13	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 happening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	know	gerund		a word	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	can	you	a insult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent insult=Recipient
3	happen	present · progressive	knowing		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

Everyone is laughing and hugging each other tight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 laughing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 laughing	aux
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hugging	cc
5	hugging	hug	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 laughing	conj
6	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	5 hugging	obj
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 each	fixed
8	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 each	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present · progressive	Everyone						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hug	gerund	Everyone not said here	each					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Angry face, spat-out word, crowd going quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 face	amod
2	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 word	punct
4	spat	spat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 out	punct
6	out	out	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	compound
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 face	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 crowd	punct
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 face	conj
10	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 crowd	acl
11	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 going	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund	crowd not said here					quiet property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Grannies smile and offer you more food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grannies	grannie	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 smile	nsubj
2	smile	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 offer	cc
4	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 smile	conj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 offer	obj
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 food	amod
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	present	Grannies						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	offer	present	Grannies not said here	more food	you				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal food=Theme

Option 4

People bow and say xièxie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bow	nsubj
2	bow	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 say	cc
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bow	conj
5	xièxie	xièxie	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	present	People						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	People not said here	xièxie					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent xièxie=Topic

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