Test 9 · ★ · At the friend's home: what to say to the parents
«it's freezing out, ming's mum gave me WARM water, weird??» What's going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, mum · What happens: freeze out, give, go on · To what, where: WARM water, me
This is test 9 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: «it's freezing out, ming's mum gave me WARM water, weird??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 freezing | punct |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 freezing | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 freezing | aux |
| 4 | freezing | freeze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 freezing | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 gave | punct |
| 7 | ming | ming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 ming | case |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gave | nsubj |
| 10 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 freezing | conj |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 gave | iobj |
| 12 | WARM | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 water | amod |
| 13 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gave | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 weird | punct |
| 15 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 water | amod |
| 16 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 4 freezing | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 freezing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze out in a quote | present · progressive | it | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | give in a quote | past | ming's mum | WARM water | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient water=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.
Sentence 2: What's going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She forgot to cool it down in the fridge first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 cool | mark |
| 4 | cool | cool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 forgot | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cool | obj |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 cool | compound:prt |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 fridge | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fridge | det |
| 9 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cool | obl |
| 10 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 cool | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not cool down | to-infinitive | She not said here | it | the fridge | first property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 2
It's a punishment
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 punishment | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 punishment | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 punishment | det |
| 4 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a punishment | tree rules |
Option 3
Warm water means it's time to go home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 water | amod |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 time | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 time | cop |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 go | mark |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 time | acl |
| 9 | home | home | ADV | _ | 8 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Warm water | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | water | time | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | Warm water not said here | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Warm water or tea is normal in Chinese homes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 water | amod |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 normal | nsubj |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 tea | cc |
| 4 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 water | conj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 normal | cop |
| 6 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 homes | case |
| 8 | Chinese | Chinese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 homes | amod |
| 9 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 normal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Warm water or tea | Chinese homes | normal property | 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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