Test 8 · ★ · Talking to the friend's grandparents

«his granny said I got thin, then fed me like 4 bowls» Why?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: granny · What happens: say, get, feed · To what, where: granny · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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 granny	nmod:poss
3	granny	granny	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	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 got	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fed	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 fed	advmod
10	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 fed	obj
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 bowls	case
13	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 bowls	nummod
14	bowls	bowl	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fed	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 fed	punct
16	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 fed	advmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	his granny				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	past	his granny = granny			thin property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	feed in a quote	past	his granny not said here	his granny = granny	then	like 4 bowls	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

nǐ shòu le is worry, so she fed you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nǐ	nǐ	X	Foreign=Yes	9 fed	nsubj
2	shòu	shòu	X	Foreign=Yes	1 nǐ	flat:foreign
3	le	le	X	Foreign=Yes	5 worry	compound
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 worry	cop
5	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 nǐ	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fed	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 fed	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fed	nsubj
9	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		le worry					tree rules
2	feed	past	nǐ		you				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 2

It means you're greedy

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 greedy	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 greedy	cop
5	greedy	greedy	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					greedy property	tree rules

Option 3

It means go home now

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	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 go	advmod
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 go	advmod

#	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 clause=Topic
2	go	infinitive					now	home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She thought you were rich and could pay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 rich	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rich	cop
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pay	cc
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 pay	aux
8	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 rich	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	you	rich property	tree rules
3	pay	could	you not said here		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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