Exam question 2 · Street chatter: wow, really?, cool!

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression bù huì ba.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, expression

This is exam question 2 of lesson 30 «Street chatter: wow, really?, cool!» 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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 expression	det
11	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	bù	bù	ADP	_	14 ba	case
13	huì	huì	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 ba	nummod
14	ba	ba	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the expression	bù huì ba	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=Experiencer

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a reproach					tree rules
2	direct	participle		a reproach not said here					vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is an expression of gratitude

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 expression	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expression	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 expression	det
4	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 gratitude	case
6	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expression	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It conveys incredulity and does not constitute a refusal

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	incredulity	incredulity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveys	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 constitute	cc
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 constitute	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 constitute	advmod
7	constitute	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 conveys	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 refusal	det
9	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 constitute	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	It	incredulity					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent incredulity=Topic
2	not constitute	present · do-support		a refusal					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme refusal=Pivot

Option 4

It constitutes a formal refusal of an invitation to play

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 refusal	det
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 refusal	amod
5	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 invitation	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 invitation	det
8	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refusal	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 play	mark
10	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 invitation	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a formal refusal of a invitation	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme refusal=Pivot
2	play	to-infinitive			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	refuse			a invitation	nom refusal «communication transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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