Test 2 · Spring Festival — Chinese New Year
You "fix" the upside-down fú sign on Lín's door to be helpful. What have you done?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: You · What happens: fix, be, do · To what, where: upside fú sign, door
This is test 2 of lesson 25 «Spring Festival — Chinese New Year» 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: You "fix" the upside-down fú sign on Lín's door to be helpful.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 fix | nsubj |
| 2 | " | " | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 fix | aux |
| 3 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 fix | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sign | det |
| 6 | upside | upside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sign | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 down | punct |
| 8 | down | down | ADV | _ | 9 fú | advmod |
| 9 | fú | fú | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sign | amod |
| 10 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fix | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 door | case |
| 12 | Lín | Lín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 door | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Lín | case |
| 14 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sign | nmod |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 helpful | mark |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 helpful | cop |
| 17 | helpful | helpful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fix | advcl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix in a quote | You | the upside fú sign | Lín's door | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent sign=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | You not said here | helpful property | tree rules |
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 have you done?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 done | obj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 done | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 done | nsubj |
| 4 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 done | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · perfect | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, it doesn't matter which way up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 matter | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 matter | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 matter | advmod |
| 6 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 8 way | det |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 matter | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | up | up | ADV | _ | 6 matter | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter up | present · do-support | Nothing | which way | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Made it luckier for the whole year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Made | obj |
| 3 | luckier | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Made | xcomp |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 year | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 year | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 year | amod |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 luckier | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | it | lucky property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Undone the "luck has arrived" pun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undone | undo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pun | det |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 arrived | punct |
| 4 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 arrived | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 arrived | aux |
| 6 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 pun | amod |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 arrived | punct |
| 8 | pun | pun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Undone | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | undo | participle | the arrived pun | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pun=Patient | |||||
| 2 | arrive in a quote | present · perfect | luck | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Found a secret message
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 message | det |
| 3 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 message | amod |
| 4 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Found | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | a secret message | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Topic |
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