Exam question 4 · At the friend's home: what to say to the parents

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression dǎrǎo le, as uttered by a departing child?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, utter, depart · To what, where: expression

This is exam question 4 of lesson 28 «At the friend's home: what to say to the parents» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 expression	det
10	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	dǎrǎo	dǎrǎo	X	_	12 le	compound
12	le	le	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 expression	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 uttered	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 uttered	mark
15	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	conj
16	by	by	ADP	_	19 child	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 child	det
18	departing	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 child	amod
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 uttered	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the expression dǎrǎo le	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	utter speech: other	participle		by a departing child	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
4	depart	gerund			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

A courteous apology for the disturbance, akin to «thank you for having me»

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 apology	det
2	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 apology	amod
3	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 disturbance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 disturbance	det
6	disturbance	disturbance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 apology	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 akin	punct
8	akin	akin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 apology	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 thank	case
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 thank	punct
11	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 akin	acl
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 thank	obj
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 having	mark
14	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 thank	advcl
15	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 having	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 thank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank in a quote	infinitive	akin not said here		you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
2	have in a quote	gerund	akin not said here	me					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient

Option 2

It is an admission of having damaged property belonging to the host family

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	4 admission	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 admission	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 admission	det
4	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 having	mark
6	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 admission	acl
7	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 property	amod
8	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 having	obj
9	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 property	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 family	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 family	det
12	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 family	compound
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 belonging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a admission		tree rules
2	have	gerund	a admission not said here	damaged property		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Patient
3	damage	participle				vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	belong	gerund	damaged property not said here		to the host family	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is a greeting upon arrival

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	4 greeting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 greeting	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 greeting	det
4	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 arrival	case
6	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 greeting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a greeting				upon arrival	tree rules

Option 4

It is a request for further refreshment

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	4 request	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 request	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 request	det
4	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 refreshment	case
6	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 refreshment	amod
7	refreshment	refreshment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 request	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a request				for further refreshment	tree rules

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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