Test 3 · ★ · Thank you, sorry, excuse me

«oi, ask that lady where the loo is, say qǐng wěn» What happens if you say it with a dip?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, loo, lady · What happens: ask, be, say, qǐng, happen · To what, where: wěn · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 3 «Thank you, sorry, excuse me» 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 ask	punct
2	oi	oi	INTJ	_	4 ask	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 oi	punct
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 say	mark
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 say	nsubj
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 is	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 loo	det
9	loo	loo	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 is	nsubj
10	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 say	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 is	punct
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ask	ccomp
13	qǐng	qǐng	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 say	xcomp
14	wěn	wěn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 qǐng	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 happens	nsubj
17	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ask	parataxis
18	if	if	SCONJ	_	20 say	mark
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 say	nsubj
20	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 happens	advcl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 say	obj
22	with	with	ADP	_	24 dip	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 dip	det
24	dip	dip	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 say	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	imperative	you not said here			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be in a quote	present	the loo			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	lady			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	qǐng in a quote	gerund	lady not said here	wěn		tree rules
5	happen	present				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	you	wěn	with a dip	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme with dip=Manner

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

You say good night to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 night	amod
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	obl:unmarked
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	You		her = she		night		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, both tones mean ask

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 mean	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 tones	det
4	tones	tone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mean	nsubj
5	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 mean	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Nothing						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask not said to happen	infinitive	Nothing not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

You ask «may I kiss» instead of «may I ask»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 ask	nsubj
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 kiss	punct
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 kiss	aux
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 kiss	nsubj
6	kiss	kiss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ask	ccomp
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 kiss	punct
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	13 ask	advcl
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 ask	punct
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 ask	aux
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 ask	nsubj
13	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 kiss	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 kiss	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	You	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	kiss in a quote	may	I	vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask in a quote	may	I	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

You ask her to sell you something

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 ask	nsubj
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ask	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sell	mark
5	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ask	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 sell	iobj
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	You		her = she				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	sell not said to happen	to-infinitive	You not said here	something	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient something=Theme

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