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Test 6 · ★ · Talking to the friend's grandparents

«he said tā lǎo de is coming, that's how you say grandad?» Is it OK?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, tā, that, you · What happens: say, come, be · To what, where: grandad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: «he said tā lǎo de is coming, that's how you say grandad?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tā	tā	X	_	8 coming	nsubj
5	lǎo	lǎo	X	Foreign=Yes	4 tā	flat:foreign
6	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	4 tā	flat:foreign
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 coming	aux
8	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 said	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 how	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 how	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 how	cop
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 say	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 say	nsubj
14	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
15	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 say	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask in a quote	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come in a quote	present · progressive	tā						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	that					how property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert in a quote	present	you	grandad					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grandad=Topic

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: Is it OK?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 OK	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 OK	nsubj
3	OK	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 OK	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	tā					ok property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, lǎo de is rude; say lǎorénjiā

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 rude	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rude	punct
3	lǎo	lǎo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 de	compound
4	de	de	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rude	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rude	cop
6	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 rude	conj
9	lǎorénjiā	lǎorénjiā	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obj

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

Option 2

Yes, it's the polite form for any grandad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 form	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 form	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 form	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 form	det
6	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 form	amod
7	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 grandad	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 grandad	det
10	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the polite form				for any grandad	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it means Mr Old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj
6	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Mr	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	Mr					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mr=Topic

Option 4

No, you must say lǎoshī

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 say	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	lǎoshī	lǎoshī	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	must	you	lǎoshī					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lǎoshī=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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