Exam question 2 · Thank you, sorry, excuse me

Select the response consistent with the established usage of the word qǐng.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, use · To what, where: response, word qǐng

This is exam question 2 of lesson 3 «Thank you, sorry, excuse me» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 usage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 usage	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 usage	amod
8	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 qǐng	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 qǐng	det
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 qǐng	compound
12	qǐng	qǐng	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 usage	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	use			the word qǐng	nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient

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 is a valediction addressed to elders

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	4 valediction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 valediction	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 valediction	det
4	valediction	valediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 valediction	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 elders	case
7	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 addressed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a valediction					tree rules
2	address	participle		a valediction not said here					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is appended to every request in the manner of the English «please»

The tree, 13 words

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	3 appended	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 appended	aux:pass
3	appended	append	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 request	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 request	det
6	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 appended	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 manner	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 appended	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 English	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 English	det
12	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 manner	nmod
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 please	punct
14	please	please	INTJ	_	3 appended	discourse
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 appended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	append	present · passive		It		the manner of the English		to every request	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It conveys an invitation to the hearer to perform an action, as in qǐng zuò

The tree, 15 words

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 conveys	nsubj
2	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 invitation	det
4	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveys	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 hearer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hearer	det
7	hearer	hearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invitation	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 perform	mark
9	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 conveys	advcl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 action	det
11	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 perform	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 qǐng	punct
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 qǐng	case
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 qǐng	case
15	qǐng	qǐng	X	Foreign=Yes	2 conveys	conj
16	zuò	zuò	X	Foreign=Yes	15 qǐng	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	It	a invitation	the hearer				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent invitation=Topic to hearer=Recipient
2	perform	to-infinitive		a action					vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme

Option 4

It denotes gratitude for a gift

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	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 gift	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gift	det
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obl

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

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