Test 5 · ★ · Talking to the friend's grandparents
You stay in your seat on the bus while an old lady stands. How does it look in a Chinese family?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, old lady, bus · What happens: stay, stand, look · To what, where: seat
This is test 5 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: You stay in your seat on the bus while an old lady stands.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 seat | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 seat | nmod:poss |
| 5 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stay | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 bus | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bus | det |
| 8 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stay | obl |
| 9 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 stands | mark |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 lady | det |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 lady | amod |
| 12 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 stands | nsubj |
| 13 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 stay | advcl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | You | your seat | on the bus | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in seat=Location | |||
| 2 | stand | present | a old lady | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: How does it look in a Chinese family?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 look | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 look | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 look | nsubj |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 family | det |
| 7 | Chinese | Chinese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 family | amod |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 look | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present · do-support | bus | in a Chinese family | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in family=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Fine, seats are first come, first served
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 seats | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fine | punct |
| 3 | seats | seat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 come | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 come | aux:pass |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 come | advmod |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 served | punct |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 served | advmod |
| 9 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 come | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · passive | Fine seats | first property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | serve | participle | first property | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Polite, she likes standing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 likes | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Polite | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 likes | nsubj |
| 4 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 likes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | she | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stand not said to happen | gerund | she not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Normal, only adults give seats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 adults | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Normal | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 adults | advmod |
| 4 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 give | nsubj |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | seats | seat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Normal adults | seats | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Rude: giving your seat is expected
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 giving | amod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Rude | punct |
| 3 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 seat | nmod:poss |
| 5 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 expected | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 expected | aux:pass |
| 7 | expected | expect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 giving | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | expect | present · passive | your seat | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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