Test 7 · ★ · Thank you, sorry, excuse me
You tell Ming's dad «máfan nǐ» when asking for help. What will he probably say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, Ming · What happens: tell, ask, say · To what, where: dad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: You tell Ming's dad «máfan nǐ» when asking for help.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 tell | nsubj |
| 2 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Ming | Ming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 dad | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Ming | case |
| 5 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tell | obj |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 nǐ | punct |
| 7 | máfan | máfan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 nǐ | amod |
| 8 | nǐ | nǐ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dad | appos |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 nǐ | punct |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 asking | advmod |
| 11 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 tell | advcl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 help | case |
| 13 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 asking | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | You | Ming's dad | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | gerund | You not said here | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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: What will he probably say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 say | nsubj |
| 4 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 say | advmod |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | future | Ming | probably property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
wǎn'ān, good night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wǎn'ān | wǎn'ān | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 night | punct |
| 3 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 night | amod |
| 4 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wǎn'ān | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
bù máfan, no trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bù | bù | X | Foreign=Yes | 2 máfan | compound |
| 2 | máfan | máfan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 trouble | punct |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 trouble | det |
| 5 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 máfan | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
duìbuqǐ, sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | duìbuqǐ | duìbuqǐ | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 duìbuqǐ | punct |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 1 duìbuqǐ | discourse |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
hǎo máfan, what a pain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hǎo | hǎo | X | _ | 2 máfan | compound |
| 2 | máfan | máfan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 what | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 what | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pain | det |
| 6 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 what | nsubj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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