Test 6 · ★ · Red envelopes and New Year wishes It's 2027. Lín's dad says "jīnnián shì mǎ nián". Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It, dad · What happens: be, say · To what, where: 2027, jīnnián · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: It's 2027.
nsubj cop punct root It PRON 's AUX 2027 NUM . PUNCT 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 3 2027 nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 2027 cop 3 2027 2027 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 2027 punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It 2027 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: Lín's dad says "jīnnián shì mǎ nián".
nmod:poss case nsubj punct obj compound compound appos punct punct root Lín PROPN 's PART dad NOUN says VERB " PUNCT jīnnián X shì X mǎ X nián NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lín Lín PROPN Number=Sing 3 dad nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Lín case 3 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 jīnnián punct 6 jīnnián jīnnián X Foreign=Yes 4 says obj 7 shì shì X Foreign=Yes 9 nián compound 8 mǎ mǎ X _ 9 nián compound 9 nián nián NOUN Number=Sing 6 jīnnián appos 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 nián punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
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1 say speech: assert present Lín's dad jīnnián vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent jīnnián=Topic
Sentence 3: Is he right?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX he PRON right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present dad right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes, the Horse lasts for two years
discourse punct det nsubj case nummod obl root Yes INTJ , PUNCT the DET Horse NOUN lasts VERB for ADP two NUM years NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 lasts discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 Horse det 4 Horse horse NOUN Number=Sing 5 lasts nsubj 5 lasts last VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 for for ADP _ 8 years case 7 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 years nummod 8 years year NOUN Number=Plur 5 lasts obl
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1 last present the Horse year vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
Option 2 No, 2027 is the Year of the Dragon
discourse punct nummod cop det case det nmod root No INTJ , PUNCT 2027 NUM is AUX the DET Year PROPN of ADP the DET Dragon PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 Year discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 2027 2027 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 Year nummod 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 Year cop 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Year det 6 Year Year PROPN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 Dragon case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Dragon det 9 Dragon Dragon PROPN Number=Sing 6 Year nmod
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1 is a present the 2027 Year of the Dragon tree rules
Option 3 Yes, every single year is the Horse
discourse punct det amod nsubj cop det root Yes INTJ , PUNCT every DET single ADJ year NOUN is AUX the DET Horse NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 8 Horse discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 every every DET PronType=Tot 5 year det 4 single single ADJ Degree=Pos 5 year amod 5 year year NOUN Number=Sing 8 Horse nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 Horse cop 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 Horse det 8 Horse horse NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present every single year the Horse tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer No, 2027 is the Year of the Goat
discourse punct nummod cop det case det nmod root No INTJ , PUNCT 2027 NUM is AUX the DET Year PROPN of ADP the DET Goat PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 Year discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 2027 2027 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 Year nummod 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 Year cop 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Year det 6 Year Year PROPN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 Goat case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Goat det 9 Goat Goat PROPN Number=Sing 6 Year nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the 2027 Year of the Goat tree rules
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