Test 7 · ★ · At the friend's home: what to say to the parents

«bié kèqi she said, so I ate the whole plate of dumplings lol» What went wrong?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bié, I · What happens: say, eat, go · To what, where: whole plate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 28 «At the friend's home: what to say to the parents» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
2	bié	bié	X	Foreign=Yes	5 said	nsubj
3	kèqi	kèqi	X	Foreign=Yes	2 bié	flat:foreign
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ate	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 ate	advmod
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 ate	nsubj
9	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 plate	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 plate	amod
12	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ate	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 dumplings	case
14	dumplings	dumpling	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 plate	nmod
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	9 ate	discourse
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 went	nsubj
18	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 went	xcomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	bié			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat in a quote	past	I	the whole plate of dumplings		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Patient
3	go	past			wrong property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer

It's an invitation, but take one helping

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 invitation	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 invitation	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 invitation	det
4	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 take	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 take	cc
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 invitation	conj
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 helping	nummod
9	helping	helping	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a invitation					tree rules
2	take	infinitive		one helping					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helping=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

bié kèqi means don't eat any

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bié	bié	X	Foreign=Yes	3 means	nsubj
2	kèqi	kèqi	X	Foreign=Yes	1 bié	flat:foreign
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 eat	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 eat	advmod
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	ccomp
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	bié						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not eat	infinitive · do-support		any					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient

Option 3

You should have eaten two plates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 eaten	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 eaten	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 eaten	aux
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 plates	nummod
6	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	should · perfect	You	two plates					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Patient

Option 4

Nothing, that's exactly what bié kèqi means

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 what	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 what	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 what	cop
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 what	advmod
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
7	bié	bié	X	Foreign=Yes	9 means	nsubj
8	kèqi	kèqi	X	Foreign=Yes	7 bié	flat:foreign
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Nothing					exactly property	tree rules
2	mean	present	bié						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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