Test 4 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said A player in an online game types "go and die" to Lín. Lín says "it's just a game, it's a joke". Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: player, Lín, game · What happens: type, go, die, say, be · To what, where: Lín, game, joke · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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 Sentence 1: A player in an online game types "go and die" to Lín.
det nsubj case det amod nmod punct xcomp cc conj punct case obl punct root A DET player NOUN in ADP an DET online ADJ game NOUN types VERB " PUNCT go VERB and CCONJ die VERB " PUNCT to ADP Lín PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 player det 2 player player NOUN Number=Sing 7 types nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 6 game case 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 game det 5 online online ADJ Degree=Pos 6 game amod 6 game game NOUN Number=Sing 2 player nmod 7 types type VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 go punct 9 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 types xcomp 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 die cc 11 die die VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 go conj 12 " " PUNCT _ 9 go punct 13 to to ADP _ 14 Lín case 14 Lín Lín PROPN Number=Sing 9 go obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 7 types punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 type present a player in a online game tree rules 2 go in a quote infinitive a player in a online game not said here Lín vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to lín=Initial_Location 3 die in a quote infinitive a player in a online game not said here vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
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: Lín says "it's just a game, it's a joke".
nsubj punct nsubj cop advmod det ccomp punct nsubj cop det appos punct punct root Lín PROPN says VERB " PUNCT it PRON 's AUX just ADV a DET game NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX a DET joke NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lín Lín PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 8 game punct 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 game nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 game cop 6 just just ADV _ 8 game advmod 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 game det 8 game game NOUN Number=Sing 2 says ccomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 joke punct 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 joke nsubj 11 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 joke cop 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 joke det 13 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 8 game appos 14 " " PUNCT _ 13 joke punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Lín vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present player a game tree rules 3 is a in a quote present player a joke tree rules
Sentence 3: Is it?
nsubj punct root Is VERB it PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Is nsubj 3 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Is punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 be present game vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice No, it means "you won", well done
discourse punct nsubj punct nsubj ccomp punct punct advmod parataxis root No INTJ , PUNCT it PRON means VERB " PUNCT you PRON won VERB " PUNCT , PUNCT well ADV done VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 4 means discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 7 won punct 6 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 won nsubj 7 won win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 means ccomp 8 " " PUNCT _ 7 won punct 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 done punct 10 well well ADV Degree=Pos 11 done advmod 11 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 means parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present it vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 win in a quote past you vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 do participle well property vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer No, it's never a joke; tell a grown-up
discourse punct nsubj cop advmod det punct parataxis det compound punct obj root No INTJ , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX never ADV a DET joke NOUN ; PUNCT tell VERB a DET grown NOUN - PUNCT up NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 joke discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 joke nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 joke cop 5 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 joke advmod 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 joke det 7 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 tell punct 9 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 joke parataxis 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 up det 11 grown grown NOUN Number=Sing 13 up compound 12 - - PUNCT _ 13 up punct 13 up up NOUN Number=Sing 9 tell obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is a present it a joke tree rules 2 tell speech: assert infinitive a grown up vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient
Option 3 Yes, it means "good game"
discourse punct nsubj punct amod obj punct root Yes INTJ , PUNCT it PRON means VERB " PUNCT good ADJ game NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 means discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 7 game punct 6 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 7 game amod 7 game game NOUN Number=Sing 4 means obj 8 " " PUNCT _ 7 game punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present it good game vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Topic
Option 4 Yes, gamers always say it, it's normal
discourse punct nsubj advmod obj punct nsubj cop ccomp root Yes INTJ , PUNCT gamers NOUN always ADV say VERB it PRON , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX normal ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 say discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 gamers gamer NOUN Number=Plur 5 say nsubj 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 say advmod 5 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 say obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 5 say punct 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 normal nsubj 9 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 normal cop 10 normal normal ADJ Degree=Pos 5 say ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present gamers it always property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic 2 is present it normal property tree rules
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