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Test 5 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said

Your English friend wants to learn "the Chinese swear about mothers" to sound cool at Lín's house. What happens if he says it there?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: English friend, Chinese · What happens: want, learn, swear, sound, happen, say · To what, where: house, friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Your English friend wants to learn "the Chinese swear about mothers" to sound cool at Lín's house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wants	nsubj
4	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 learn	mark
6	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wants	xcomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 swear	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Chinese	det
9	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 swear	nsubj
10	swear	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 learn	ccomp
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 mothers	case
12	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 swear	obl
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 learn	punct
14	to	to	PART	_	15 sound	mark
15	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 learn	advcl
16	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sound	xcomp
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 house	case
18	Lín	Lín	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 house	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Lín	case
20	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sound	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Your English friend						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	learn not said to happen	to-infinitive	Your English friend not said here						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	swear in a quote	present	the Chinese					about mothers	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	sound	to-infinitive	Your English friend not said here			Lín's house		cool property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location

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: What happens if he says it there?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 says	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 happens	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	obj
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 says	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	Chinese	friend		there			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

The options

Option 1

Lín's granny laughs and claps for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 granny	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Lín	case
3	granny	granny	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughs	nsubj
4	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 claps	cc
6	claps	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 laughs	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 claps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	Lín's granny						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	clap	present	Lín's granny not said here					for Lín	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Lín's mum gives him a red envelope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Lín	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gives	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 envelope	det
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 envelope	amod
8	envelope	envelope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	obj

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

Option 3

Nobody understands it anyway, it's too fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 understands	nsubj
2	understands	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 understands	obj
4	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	2 understands	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fast	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fast	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fast	cop
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 fast	advmod
9	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 understands	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	present	Nobody	it				anyway property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	is	present	it					fast property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He shocks the family and offends everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shocks	nsubj
2	shocks	shock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shocks	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 offends	cc
6	offends	offend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shocks	conj
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 offends	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shock	present	He	the family					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus family=Experiencer
2	offend	present	He not said here	everyone					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus everyone=Experiencer

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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