Exam question 4 · Talking to the friend's grandparents

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term guāi?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: term

This is exam question 4 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	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 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	guāi	guāi	X	Foreign=Yes	10 term	dep
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the term				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

It denotes a dialect spoken by grandparents

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dialect	det
4	dialect	dialect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dialect	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 grandparents	case
7	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spoken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a dialect					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dialect=Topic
2	speak speech: other	participle		a dialect not said here				by grandparents	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It denotes a respectful term for an elderly person

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 term	det
4	respectful	respectful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 term	amod
5	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 person	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
8	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	amod
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a respectful term				for a elderly person	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot term=Theme for person=Attribute

Option 3

It denotes great physical height

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 height	amod
4	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 height	amod
5	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	great physical height					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot height=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes good behaviour, a high commendation from an elder

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 behaviour	amod
4	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 commendation	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 commendation	det
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 commendation	amod
8	commendation	commendation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 behaviour	appos
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 elder	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 elder	det
11	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 commendation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	good behaviour					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot behaviour=Topic

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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