Test 2 · ★ · Red envelopes and New Year wishes Lín's mum says she'll "keep the yāsuìqián safe" for him. Lín sighs. Why do families laugh about this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, Lín, families · What happens: say, keep, sigh, laugh · To what, where: yāsuìqián · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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 mum says she'll "keep the yāsuìqián safe" for him.
nmod:poss case nsubj nsubj aux punct ccomp det obj xcomp punct case obl punct root Lín PROPN 's PART mum NOUN says VERB she PRON 'll AUX " PUNCT keep VERB the DET yāsuìqián NOUN safe ADJ " PUNCT for ADP him PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lín Lín PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Lín case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 keep nsubj 6 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 keep aux 7 " " PUNCT _ 8 keep punct 8 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says ccomp 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 yāsuìqián det 10 yāsuìqián yāsuìqián NOUN Number=Sing 8 keep obj 11 safe safe ADJ Degree=Pos 8 keep xcomp 12 " " PUNCT _ 8 keep punct 13 for for ADP _ 14 him case 14 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 keep obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Lín's mum vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 keep in a quote future mum the yāsuìqián for Lín; safe property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yāsuìqián=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: Lín sighs.
nsubj punct root Lín PROPN sighs VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lín Lín PROPN Number=Sing 2 sighs nsubj 2 sighs sigh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 . . PUNCT _ 2 sighs punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sigh present Lín vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Why do families laugh about this?
advmod aux nsubj case obl punct root Why ADV do AUX families NOUN laugh VERB about ADP this PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 laugh advmod 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 laugh aux 3 families family NOUN Number=Plur 4 laugh nsubj 4 laugh laugh VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 about about ADP _ 6 this case 6 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 laugh obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 laugh punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh present · do-support families about this vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It's a famous joke: the money never comes back
nsubj cop det amod punct det nsubj advmod parataxis advmod root It PRON 's AUX a DET famous ADJ joke NOUN : PUNCT the DET money NOUN never ADV comes VERB back 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 5 joke nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 joke cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 joke det 4 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 5 joke amod 5 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 : : PUNCT _ 10 comes punct 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 money det 8 money money NOUN Number=Sing 10 comes nsubj 9 never never ADV PronType=Neg 10 comes advmod 10 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 joke parataxis 11 back back ADV _ 10 comes advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a famous joke tree rules 2 not come back present the money vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 Because the money is fake
case det obl cop root Because ADP the DET money NOUN is AUX fake ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 3 money case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 money det 3 money money NOUN Number=Sing 5 fake obl 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 fake cop 5 fake fake ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present because the money; fake property tree rules
Option 3 Because Lín will get double later
mark nsubj aux xcomp advmod root Because SCONJ Lín PROPN will AUX get VERB double ADJ later ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Because because SCONJ _ 4 get mark 2 Lín Lín PROPN Number=Sing 4 get nsubj 3 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 get aux 4 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 double double ADJ Degree=Pos 4 get xcomp 6 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 4 get advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get future Lín double, late property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Option 4 Because mums always spend it on sweets for themselves
mark nsubj advmod obj case obl case obl root Because SCONJ mums NOUN always ADV spend VERB it PRON on ADP sweets NOUN for ADP themselves PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Because because SCONJ _ 4 spend mark 2 mums mum NOUN Number=Plur 4 spend nsubj 3 always always ADV PronType=Tot 4 spend advmod 4 spend spend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 spend obj 6 on on ADP _ 7 sweets case 7 sweets sweet NOUN Number=Plur 4 spend obl 8 for for ADP _ 9 themselves case 9 themselves themselves PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 4 spend obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 spend present mums it on sweets goal ; for mums = mum ; always property vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on sweet=Goal
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