Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★ ★★★ It's xīngqīwǔ. Ming says «see you hòutiān at Chinese school», and school is on Saturday. Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It, Ming, you, school · What happens: be, say, see, hòutiān · To what, where: Chinese school · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ It's xīngqīwǔ.
dep case nsubj cop flat punct root ★ PROPN ★ X ★ ADP It PRON 's AUX xīngqīwǔ NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 ★ ★ X Foreign=Yes 1 ★ dep 3 ★ ★ ADP _ 6 xīngqīwǔ case 4 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 xīngqīwǔ nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 xīngqīwǔ cop 6 xīngqīwǔ xīngqīwǔ NOUN Number=Sing 2 ★ flat 7 . . PUNCT _ 1 ★ punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It ★ xīngqīwǔ 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: Ming says «see you hòutiān at Chinese school», and school is on Saturday.
nsubj punct ccomp nsubj ccomp case amod obl punct punct cc nsubj cop case ccomp punct root Ming PROPN says VERB « PUNCT see VERB you PRON hòutiān VERB at ADP Chinese ADJ school NOUN » PUNCT , PUNCT and CCONJ school NOUN is AUX on ADP Saturday PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ming Ming PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 « « PUNCT _ 4 see punct 4 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 says ccomp 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 hòutiān nsubj 6 hòutiān hòutiān VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 see ccomp 7 at at ADP _ 9 school case 8 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 9 school amod 9 school school NOUN Number=Sing 6 hòutiān obl 10 » » PUNCT _ 4 see punct 11 , , PUNCT _ 16 Saturday punct 12 and and CCONJ _ 16 Saturday cc 13 school school NOUN Number=Sing 16 Saturday nsubj 14 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 Saturday cop 15 on on ADP _ 16 Saturday case 16 Saturday Saturday PROPN Number=Sing 2 says ccomp 17 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ming vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 see in a quote infinitive vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 3 hòutiān in a quote present you Chinese school tree rules 4 is present school on Saturday tree rules
Sentence 3: Is he right?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX he PRON right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 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 Ming right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer No: hòutiān is Sunday, Saturday is míngtiān
det punct nsubj cop nmod:poss punct conj cop root No DET : PUNCT hòutiān NOUN is AUX Sunday PROPN , PUNCT Saturday PROPN is AUX míngtiān NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no DET PronType=Neg 3 hòutiān det 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 hòutiān hòutiān NOUN Number=Sing 5 Sunday nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 Sunday cop 5 Sunday Sunday PROPN Number=Sing 9 míngtiān nmod:poss 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 Saturday punct 7 Saturday Saturday PROPN Number=Sing 5 Sunday conj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 míngtiān cop 9 míngtiān míngtiān NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present no hòutiān Sunday and Saturday tree rules 2 is a present Sunday and Saturday's míngtiān tree rules
Option 2 No: hòutiān means yesterday
det punct nsubj obj root No DET : PUNCT hòutiān NOUN means VERB yesterday NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no DET PronType=Neg 3 hòutiān det 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 hòutiān hòutiān NOUN Number=Sing 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 yesterday yesterday NOUN Number=Sing 4 means obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present no hòutiān yesterday vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Yes: hòutiān means Saturday
discourse punct nsubj obj root Yes INTJ : PUNCT hòutiān NOUN means VERB Saturday PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 means discourse 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 hòutiān hòutiān NOUN Number=Sing 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 Saturday Saturday PROPN Number=Sing 4 means obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present hòutiān saturday vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Yes: hòutiān just means next week
discourse punct nsubj advmod amod obj root Yes INTJ : PUNCT hòutiān NOUN just ADV means VERB next ADJ week NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 3 hòutiān discourse 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 hòutiān hòutiān NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 just just ADV _ 5 means advmod 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 7 week amod 7 week week NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present hòutiān week vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
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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