Test 8 · ★ · Red envelopes and New Year wishes
Lín's mum: "we're going to bàinián at Auntie Li's". What will you do there?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, you · What happens: go, bàinián, do · To what, where: Auntie Li
This is test 8 · ★ 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: "we're going to bàinián at Auntie Li's".
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 | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 going | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 going | punct |
| 6 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 going | nsubj |
| 7 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 going | aux |
| 8 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 mum | parataxis |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 bàinián | mark |
| 10 | bàinián | bàinián | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 going | xcomp |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 Li | case |
| 12 | Auntie | Auntie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Li | compound |
| 13 | Li | Li | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 bàinián | obj |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Li | case |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 going | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mum | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | present · progressive | we | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | bàinián in a quote | to-infinitive | we not said here | Auntie Li | 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: What will you do there?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | future | you | there | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Visit with gifts and New Year wishes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visit | visit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 gifts | case |
| 3 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Visit | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wishes | cc |
| 5 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Year | compound |
| 6 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 wishes | compound |
| 7 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gifts | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | imperative | you not said here | with gifts and Year wishes | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with gift=Co-Agent |
Option 2
Clean the graves of the family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clean | clean | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 graves | det |
| 3 | graves | grave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Clean | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 family | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 graves | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | imperative | you not said here | the graves of the family | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent grave=Patient |
Option 3
Watch the full moon from her garden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 moon | det |
| 3 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 moon | amod |
| 4 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Watch | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 garden | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 garden | nmod:poss |
| 7 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Watch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | the full moon | her garden | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme |
Option 4
Race dragon boats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dragon | compound |
| 2 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 boats | compound |
| 3 | boats | boat | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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