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:poss amod nsubj iobj det obj cc nsubj aux advmod conj obj punct root Your PRON English ADJ granny NOUN gives VERB Lín PROPN a DET present NOUN and CCONJ he PRON does AUX n't PART open VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 granny nmod:poss 2 English English ADJ Degree=Pos 3 granny amod 3 granny granny NOUN Number=Sing 4 gives nsubj 4 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 Lín Lín PROPN Number=Sing 4 gives iobj 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 present det 7 present present NOUN Number=Sing 4 gives obj 8 and and CCONJ _ 12 open cc 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 open nsubj 10 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 open aux 11 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 12 open advmod 12 open open VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 gives conj 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 open obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 4 gives punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give present Your English granny a present Lín vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent lín=Recipient present=Theme
2 not open present · do-support Lín present vn 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.
nsubj nsubj aux advmod ccomp obj punct root She PRON thinks VERB he PRON does AUX n't PART like VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 thinks nsubj 2 thinks think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 like nsubj 4 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 like aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 like advmod 6 like like VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 thinks ccomp 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 like obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 thinks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present granny vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2 not like present · do-support Lín present vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer In many Chinese families you open gifts later
case amod amod obl nsubj obj advmod root In ADP many ADJ Chinese ADJ families NOUN you PRON open VERB gifts NOUN later ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 families case 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 4 families amod 3 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 4 families amod 4 families family NOUN Number=Plur 6 open obl 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 open nsubj 6 open open VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 gifts gift NOUN Number=Plur 6 open obj 8 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 6 open advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 open present you gifts many Chinese families late property vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme in family=Location
Option 2 He forgot it was there
nsubj nsubj cop ccomp root He PRON forgot VERB it PRON was AUX there ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 forgot nsubj 2 forgot forget VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 there nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 there cop 5 there there ADV PronType=Dem 2 forgot ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 forget past He tree rules
2 is past it there property tree rules
Option 3 He's going to give it back to her
nsubj aux mark xcomp obj advmod case obl root He PRON 's AUX going VERB to PART give VERB it PRON back ADV to ADP her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 going nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 going aux 3 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 to to PART _ 5 give mark 5 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 going xcomp 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 give obj 7 back back ADV _ 5 give advmod 8 to to ADP _ 9 her case 9 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 give obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present · progressive He vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2 give back to-infinitive He not said here it her = she vn 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
nsubj advmod aux advmod obj punct nsubj cop advmod cop conj root He PRON really ADV did AUX n't PART like VERB it PRON , PUNCT he PRON was AUX just ADV being AUX polite ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 like nsubj 2 really really ADV _ 5 like advmod 3 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 like aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 like advmod 5 like like VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 like obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 5 like punct 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 polite nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 polite cop 10 just just ADV _ 12 polite advmod 11 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 12 polite cop 12 polite polite ADJ Degree=Pos 5 like conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not like past · do-support He it vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2 is past he polite property tree rules
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