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Test 11 · ★ · Red envelopes and New Year wishes

Your English granny gives Lín a present and he doesn't open it. She thinks he doesn't like it. What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: English granny, Lín, granny, truth · What happens: give, not open, think, not like, be · To what, where: present, Lín · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ 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: Your English granny gives Lín a present and he doesn't open it.

nmod:possamodnsubjiobjdetobjccnsubjauxadvmodconjobjpunctrootYourPRONEnglishADJgrannyNOUNgivesVERBLínPROPNaDETpresentNOUNandCCONJhePRONdoesAUXn'tPARTopenVERBitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 grannynmod:poss
2EnglishEnglishADJDegree=Pos3 grannyamod
3grannygrannyNOUNNumber=Sing4 givesnsubj
4givesgiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5LínLínPROPNNumber=Sing4 givesiobj
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 presentdet
7presentpresentNOUNNumber=Sing4 givesobj
8andandCCONJ_12 opencc
9hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 opennsubj
10doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 openaux
11n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg12 openadvmod
12openopenVERBVerbForm=Inf4 givesconj
13ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 openobj
14..PUNCT_4 givespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepresentYour English grannya presentLínvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent lín=Recipient present=Theme
2not openpresent · do-supportLínpresentvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=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: She thinks he doesn't like it.

nsubjnsubjauxadvmodccompobjpunctrootShePRONthinksVERBhePRONdoesAUXn'tPARTlikeVERBitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 thinksnsubj
2thinksthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 likensubj
4doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 likeaux
5n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 likeadvmod
6likelikeVERBVerbForm=Inf2 thinksccomp
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 likeobj
8..PUNCT_2 thinkspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpresentgrannyvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2not likepresent · do-supportLínpresentvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Sentence 3: What's the truth?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETtruthNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 truthdet
4truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe truthtree rules

The options

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

In many Chinese families you open gifts later

caseamodamodoblnsubjobjadvmodrootInADPmanyADJChineseADJfamiliesNOUNyouPRONopenVERBgiftsNOUNlaterADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_4 familiescase
2manymanyADJDegree=Pos4 familiesamod
3ChineseChineseADJDegree=Pos4 familiesamod
4familiesfamilyNOUNNumber=Plur6 openobl
5youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs6 opennsubj
6openopenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7giftsgiftNOUNNumber=Plur6 openobj
8laterlateADVDegree=Cmp6 openadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1openpresentyougiftsmany Chinese familieslate propertyvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme in family=Location

Option 2

He forgot it was there

nsubjnsubjcopccomprootHePRONforgotVERBitPRONwasAUXthereADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 forgotnsubj
2forgotforgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 therensubj
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 therecop
5therethereADVPronType=Dem2 forgotccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1forgetpastHetree rules
2ispastitthere propertytree rules

Option 3

He's going to give it back to her

nsubjauxmarkxcompobjadvmodcaseoblrootHePRON'sAUXgoingVERBtoPARTgiveVERBitPRONbackADVtoADPherPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 goingnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 goingaux
3goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4totoPART_5 givemark
5givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf3 goingxcomp
6ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 giveobj
7backbackADV_5 giveadvmod
8totoADP_9 hercase
9hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 giveobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresent · progressiveHevn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2give backto-infinitiveHe not said hereither = shevn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Recipient

Option 4

He really didn't like it, he was just being polite

nsubjadvmodauxadvmodobjpunctnsubjcopadvmodcopconjrootHePRONreallyADVdidAUXn'tPARTlikeVERBitPRON,PUNCThePRONwasAUXjustADVbeingAUXpoliteADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 likensubj
2reallyreallyADV_5 likeadvmod
3diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 likeaux
4n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 likeadvmod
5likelikeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 likeobj
7,,PUNCT_5 likepunct
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 politensubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 politecop
10justjustADV_12 politeadvmod
11beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 politecop
12politepoliteADJDegree=Pos5 likeconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not likepast · do-supportHeitvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2ispasthepolite propertytree 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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