Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★
★★★ Ella goes «8, 9 and 6 are lucky, so 4 is luckiest, it's the smallest!» Which is right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★, 8, 4, ★ · What happens: go, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★» 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: ★★★ Ella goes «8, 9 and 6 are lucky, so 4 is luckiest, it's the smallest!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 goes | nsubj |
| 4 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 goes | nsubj |
| 5 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 8 | punct |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 lucky | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 9 | punct |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 8 | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 6 | cc |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 8 | conj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 lucky | cop |
| 13 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 goes | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 luckiest | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 luckiest | advmod |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 luckiest | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 luckiest | cop |
| 18 | luckiest | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 goes | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 smallest | punct |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 smallest | nsubj |
| 21 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 smallest | cop |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 smallest | det |
| 23 | smallest | small | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 18 luckiest | parataxis |
| 24 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 23 smallest | punct |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 23 smallest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | ★ ★ ★ | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | 8 | lucky property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | 4 | lucky property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | ★ | small property | tree rules |
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: Which is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes: the smallest number is always the luckiest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 luckiest | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 number | det |
| 4 | smallest | small | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 number | amod |
| 5 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 luckiest | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 luckiest | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 luckiest | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 luckiest | det |
| 9 | luckiest | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the smallest number | always, lucky property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No: sì sounds like sǐ, to die, so many avoid it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 sì | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | sì | sì | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sounds | nsubj |
| 4 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 sǐ | case |
| 6 | sǐ | sǐ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sounds | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 die | punct |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 die | mark |
| 9 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 sounds | parataxis |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 avoid | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 many | advmod |
| 12 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 avoid | nsubj |
| 13 | avoid | avoid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sounds | parataxis |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 avoid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | no sì | like sǐ | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | die | to-infinitive | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||||
| 3 | avoid | present | many | sì | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |
Option 3
Yes: sì rhymes with fā, to get rich
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 get | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 rhymes | punct |
| 3 | sì | sì | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rhymes | nsubj |
| 4 | rhymes | rhyme | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 get | advcl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 fā | case |
| 6 | fā | fā | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rhymes | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 get | punct |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 get | mark |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rhyme | present | sì | with fā | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with fā=Co-Patient | ||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | rich property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
No: 4 is lucky only at New Year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 Year | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 lucky | punct |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 lucky | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lucky | cop |
| 5 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Year | amod |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 Year | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 Year | case |
| 8 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Year | compound |
| 9 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | 4 | lucky property | tree rules |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles/t10/