Test 8 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said In a cartoon a kid pulls his eyes "to look like" the Chinese hero. The audience laughs. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, audience · What happens: pull, look, laugh, be · To what, where: eyes, cartoon
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon a kid pulls his eyes "to look like" the Chinese hero.
case det obl det nsubj nmod:poss obj punct mark advcl case punct det amod obl punct root In ADP a DET cartoon NOUN a DET kid NOUN pulls VERB his PRON eyes NOUN " PUNCT to PART look VERB like ADP " PUNCT the DET Chinese ADJ hero NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 cartoon case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 cartoon det 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN Number=Sing 6 pulls obl 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 kid det 5 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 6 pulls nsubj 6 pulls pull VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 eyes nmod:poss 8 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 6 pulls obj 9 " " PUNCT _ 6 pulls punct 10 to to PART _ 11 look mark 11 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 pulls advcl 12 like like ADP _ 16 hero case 13 " " PUNCT _ 16 hero punct 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 hero det 15 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 16 hero amod 16 hero hero NOUN Number=Sing 11 look obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 6 pulls punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pull present a kid kid's eyes a cartoon vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme 2 look in a quote to-infinitive a kid not said here like the Chinese hero vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
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: The audience laughs.
det nsubj punct root The DET audience NOUN laughs VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 audience det 2 audience audience NOUN Number=Sing 3 laughs nsubj 3 laughs laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 laughs punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh present the audience vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's wrong?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX wrong ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 wrong nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present wrong property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It's racist mockery, not a joke
nsubj cop amod punct advmod det conj root It PRON 's AUX racist ADJ mockery NOUN , PUNCT not PART a DET joke NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 mockery nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 mockery cop 3 racist racist ADJ Degree=Pos 4 mockery amod 4 mockery mockery NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 joke punct 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 joke advmod 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 joke det 8 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 4 mockery conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It racist mockery and a joke tree rules
Option 2 Nothing, it's only a cartoon
punct nsubj cop advmod det conj root Nothing PRON , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX only ADV a DET cartoon NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 cartoon punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 cartoon nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 cartoon cop 5 only only ADV _ 7 cartoon advmod 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 cartoon det 7 cartoon cartoon NOUN Number=Sing 1 Nothing conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present it a cartoon tree rules
Option 3 It's only wrong in China, not here
nsubj cop advmod case obl punct advmod conj root It PRON 's AUX only ADV wrong ADJ in ADP China PROPN , PUNCT not PART here ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 wrong nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 wrong cop 3 only only ADV _ 4 wrong advmod 4 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 in in ADP _ 6 China case 6 China China PROPN Number=Sing 4 wrong obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 here punct 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 here advmod 9 here here ADV PronType=Dem 4 wrong conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It China wrong property tree rules
Option 4 It's wrong because it's ugly
nsubj cop mark nsubj cop advcl root It PRON 's AUX wrong ADJ because SCONJ it PRON 's AUX ugly ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 wrong nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 because because SCONJ _ 7 ugly mark 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 ugly nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 ugly cop 7 ugly ugly ADJ Degree=Pos 3 wrong advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It wrong property tree rules 2 is present it ugly property tree rules
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