Test 1 · ★★ · Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays
my mate wished Lín's family "happy Qingming!!" with a big grin. good idea?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: wish · To what, where: family
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wished | nsubj |
| 3 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Lín | Lín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 family | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Lín | case |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wished | obj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Qingming | punct |
| 8 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Qingming | amod |
| 9 | Qingming | Qingming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 family | appos |
| 10 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 9 Qingming | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Qingming | punct |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 grin | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 grin | det |
| 14 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 grin | amod |
| 15 | grin | grin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wished | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wished | punct |
| 17 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 idea | amod |
| 18 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wished | parataxis |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wished | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | my mate | Lín's family | with a big grin | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot family=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it's a quiet day of remembering the dead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 day | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 day | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 day | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 6 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 day | amod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 9 remembering | mark |
| 9 | remembering | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 day | acl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dead | det |
| 11 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 remembering | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a quiet day | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | remember | gerund | a quiet day not said here | the dead | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent dead=Theme |
Option 2
No, you should say gōngxǐ fācái
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 say | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | gōngxǐ | gōngxǐ | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 say | obj |
| 7 | fācái | fācái | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | you | gōngxǐ | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent gōngxǐ=Theme fācái=Manner |
Option 3
Yes, it's a birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 birthday | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 birthday | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 birthday | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 birthday | det |
| 6 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a birthday | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, it's a big party with fireworks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 party | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 party | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 party | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 party | det |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 party | amod |
| 7 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 fireworks | case |
| 9 | fireworks | firework | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 party | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a big party | with fireworks | tree rules |
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