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Test 6 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said

At the aquarium Lín points and says "kuài kàn!" and the Mandarin word for a turtle. Is that an insult?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lín · What happens: point, say, be · To what, where: aquarium, kuài kàn, insult · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: At the aquarium Lín points and says "kuài kàn!" and the Mandarin word for a turtle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 aquarium	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 aquarium	det
3	aquarium	aquarium	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 points	obl
4	Lín	Lín	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 points	nsubj
5	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 says	cc
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 points	conj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 kàn	punct
9	kuài	kuài	X	Foreign=Yes	10 kàn	flat:foreign
10	kàn	kàn	X	Foreign=Yes	7 says	obj
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 kàn	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 kàn	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 word	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 word	det
15	Mandarin	Mandarin	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 word	compound
16	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kàn	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 turtle	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 turtle	det
19	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 word	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 points	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	present	Lín			the aquarium			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	Lín not said here	kuài kàn and the Mandarin word for a turtle					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kàn=Topic

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: Is that an insult?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insult	cop
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 insult	mark
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 insult	det
4	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 insult	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a insult					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, a real turtle is fine; only calling a person it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 turtle	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turtle	amod
5	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 calling	punct
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 calling	advmod
10	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 fine	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 calling	obj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 calling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a real turtle					fine property	tree rules
2	call	gerund	a real turtle not said here	a person					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme it=Result

Option 2

No, but only on Sundays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 Sundays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 Sundays	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 Sundays	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Sundays	case
6	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 3

Yes, never say turtle out loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 say	advmod
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obj
6	out	out	ADV	_	4 say	advmod
7	loud	loud	ADV	_	4 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say out speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	turtle				loud, out property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent turtle=Topic

Option 4

Yes, turtles are unlucky animals in every story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 animals	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	turtles	turtle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 animals	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 animals	cop
5	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animals	amod
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 story	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 story	det
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 animals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	turtles	unlucky animals		every story			tree rules

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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