Test 9 · ★ · Thank you, sorry, excuse me

«sod off, I'm not saying bù hǎoyìsi for being late, it's just 2 min» What does bù hǎoyìsi do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, hǎoyìsi · What happens: not say, be, do · To what, where: hǎoyìsi, 2 min · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	_	2 sod	punct
2	sod	sod	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 sod	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 saying	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 saying	nsubj
6	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 saying	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 saying	advmod
8	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sod	acl
9	bù	bù	ADP	_	10 hǎoyìsi	case
10	hǎoyìsi	hǎoyìsi	NOUN	Foreign=Yes	8 saying	obj
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 late	mark
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 late	cop
13	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 saying	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 min	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 min	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 min	cop
17	just	just	ADV	_	19 min	advmod
18	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	19 min	nummod
19	min	minute	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	13 late	conj
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 late	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 do	obj
22	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 do	aux
23	bù	bù	ADP	_	25 do	mark
24	hǎoyìsi	hǎoyìsi	NOUN	Foreign=Yes	25 do	dep
25	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 late	conj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 sod	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert in a quote	present · progressive	I	hǎoyìsi		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hǎoyìsi=Topic
2	is in a quote	gerund			late property	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	hǎoyìsi	2 min		tree rules
4	do	present · do-support				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

It is a big, serious apology for a crime

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	7 apology	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 apology	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 apology	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 apology	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 big	punct
6	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 apology	amod
7	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 crime	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 crime	det
10	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 apology	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a big serious apology				for a crime	tree rules

Option 2

It is a thank you

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 thank	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thank	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 thank	det
4	thank	thank	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 thank	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a thank					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a small, soft sorry for small slips

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	7 sorry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sorry	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sorry	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sorry	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 small	punct
6	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sorry	amod
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 slips	case
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 slips	amod
10	slips	slip	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sorry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for small slips; sorry property	tree rules

Option 4

It is a goodbye

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 goodbye	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 goodbye	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 goodbye	det
4	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a goodbye					tree rules

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