Test 10 · ★ · Red envelopes and New Year wishes
Lín's little cousin says "gōngxǐ fācái, hóngbāo ná lái!" to his own grandad, who roars with laughter. Rude?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little cousin, own grandad · What happens: say, roar · To what, where: gōngxǐ fācái, own grandad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 26 «Red envelopes and New Year wishes» 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: Lín's little cousin says "gōngxǐ fācái, hóngbāo ná lái!" to his own grandad, who roars with laughter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lín | Lín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Lín | case |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cousin | amod |
| 4 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 fācái | punct |
| 7 | gōngxǐ | gōngxǐ | X | _ | 8 fācái | compound |
| 8 | fācái | fācái | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 hóngbāo | punct |
| 10 | hóngbāo | hóngbāo | X | Foreign=Yes | 8 fācái | conj |
| 11 | ná | ná | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 hóngbāo | flat:foreign |
| 12 | lái | lái | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 hóngbāo | flat:foreign |
| 13 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 fācái | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 fācái | punct |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 grandad | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 17 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 grandad | amod |
| 18 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 roars | punct |
| 20 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 roars | nsubj |
| 21 | roars | roar | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 grandad | acl:relcl |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 laughter | case |
| 23 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 roars | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Lín's little cousin | gōngxǐ fācái | cousin's own grandad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent fācái=Topic to grandad=Recipient | |||
| 2 | roar | present | cousin's own grandad | with laughter | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with laughter=Theme |
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: Rude?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Rude | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, within close family it's a loved joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 10 joke | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | within | within | ADP | _ | 5 family | case |
| 4 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 family | amod |
| 5 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 joke | obl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 joke | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 joke | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 joke | det |
| 9 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 joke | amod |
| 10 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | participle | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | family | a loved joke | within close family | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
No, it means "happy birthday"
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 birthday | punct |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 birthday | amod |
| 7 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 birthday | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | happy birthday | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Topic |
Option 3
Yes, he'll get nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | he | nothing | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
Option 4
Yes, the worst insult you can give a grandad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 give | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 insult | det |
| 4 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 insult | amod |
| 5 | insult | insult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 give | nsubj |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 give | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 give | aux |
| 8 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 grandad | det |
| 10 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | can | the worst insult | a grandad | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandad=Theme |
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