Exam question 2 · Talking to the friend's grandparents

Select the response consistent with the established usage of the remark nǐ pàng le when uttered by a Chinese grandparent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, remark · What happens: select, establish, pàng, utter, use · To what, where: response, le, remark

This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Talking to the friend's grandparents» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 usage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 usage	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 usage	amod
8	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 remark	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 remark	det
11	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 usage	nmod
12	nǐ	nǐ	X	_	13 pàng	advmod
13	pàng	pàng	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 remark	acl
14	le	le	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pàng	obj
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 uttered	advmod
16	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 pàng	xcomp
17	by	by	ADP	_	20 grandparent	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 grandparent	det
19	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 grandparent	amod
20	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 uttered	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	pàng	gerund	the remark not said here	le		tree rules
4	utter speech: other	participle	the remark not said here		by a Chinese grandparent	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
5	use			the remark		nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient

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

It frequently signifies approval of a child's healthy appearance

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	3 signifies	nsubj
2	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	3 signifies	advmod
3	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	approval	approval	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifies	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 appearance	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appearance	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 child	case
9	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 appearance	amod
10	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 approval	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	approval of a child's healthy appearance				frequently property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot approval=Theme
2	approve			a child's healthy appearance					nom approval «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It is an instruction to refrain from eating

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 instruction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 instruction	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 instruction	det
4	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 refrain	mark
6	refrain	refrain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 instruction	acl
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 eating	mark
8	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 refrain	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a instruction	tree rules
2	refrain	to-infinitive			vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	eat	gerund			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It invariably constitutes a grave insult to the child and his 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	3 constitutes	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 constitutes	advmod
3	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 insult	det
5	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 insult	amod
6	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 child	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 family	cc
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 family	nmod:poss
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 child	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a grave insult				to the child and his family; invariably property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme insult=Pivot

Option 4

It is a formula of farewell

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a formula				of farewell	tree rules

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