Test 1 · ★ · Talking to the friend's grandparents

«his nan said I got fat?! that's so rude» How should you take nǐ pàng le?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, that, you · What happens: say, get, be, take, pàng · To what, where: le · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 29 «Talking to the friend's grandparents» 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	_	4 said	punct
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nan	nmod:poss
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 got	xcomp
8	?!	?!	PUNCT	_	12 rude	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 rude	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 rude	cop
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 rude	advmod
12	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 rude	punct
14	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 take	advmod
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 take	aux
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 take	nsubj
17	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
18	nǐ	nǐ	X	_	19 pàng	advmod
19	pàng	pàng	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 take	advcl
20	le	le	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 pàng	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	his nan			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	past	his nan = nan		fat property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	is in a quote	present	that		rude property	tree rules
4	take	should	you			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	pàng	gerund	you not said here	le		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 · ✓ the right answer

Don't be hurt: from a granny it means you look healthy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 means	nsubj
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 hurt	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hurt	aux:pass
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Do	advcl
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 granny	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 granny	det
8	granny	granny	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 means	obl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 means	nsubj
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 look	nsubj
12	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 means	ccomp
13	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	infinitive			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not hurt	infinitive · passive			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	mean	present		from a granny	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	look	present	you	healthy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

It's a real insult, so leave the flat at once

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	5 insult	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 insult	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 insult	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 insult	amod
5	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 leave	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 leave	advmod
8	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 insult	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flat	det
10	flat	flat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leave	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a real insult					tree rules
2	leave	infinitive		the flat					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent flat=Theme at once=Location

Option 3

Say it back to be fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Say	obj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Say	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	6 fair	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 fair	cop
6	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say back speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is	to-infinitive	you not said here					fair property	tree rules

Option 4

It means you're tall

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 tall	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tall	cop
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you					tall property	tree rules

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