Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: measure words and characters as pictures ★★★
★★★ Liam from Liverpool says «boss, I'll go with yì zhāng chuáng for a bed». Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ · What happens: say, go, zhāng, chuáng, be · To what, where: boss · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: measure words and characters as pictures ★★★» 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: ★★★ Liam from Liverpool says «boss, I'll go with yì zhāng chuáng for a bed».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 4 Liam | case |
| 4 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Liverpool | case |
| 6 | Liverpool | Liverpool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 boss | punct |
| 9 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 go | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 go | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 go | aux |
| 13 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 boss | acl:relcl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 yì | case |
| 15 | yì | yì | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 go | obl |
| 16 | zhāng | zhāng | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 go | advcl |
| 17 | chuáng | chuáng | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 zhāng | xcomp |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 bed | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 bed | det |
| 20 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 chuáng | obl |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 boss | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ ★ Liam from Liverpool | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | future | ★ ★ Liam from Liverpool = ★ | boss not said here | with yì | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boss=Theme | |||
| 3 | zhāng in a quote | gerund | ★ ★ Liam from Liverpool = ★ not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | chuáng in a quote | gerund | ★ ★ Liam from Liverpool = ★ not said here | for a bed | 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: Is he right?
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 | ★ | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No: beds take tiáo, they're long
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 take | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
| 3 | beds | bed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 take | nsubj |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 long | advcl |
| 5 | tiáo | tiáo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 long | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 long | cop |
| 9 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | beds | tiáo | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiáo=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | beds = bed | long property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yes: a bed has a big flat top
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 has | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bed | det |
| 4 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 top | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 top | amod |
| 8 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 top | amod |
| 9 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a bed | a big flat top | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent top=Patient |
Option 3
No: beds take běn, like books
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 beds | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | beds | bed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 take | nsubj |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | běn | běn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 books | punct |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 books | case |
| 8 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | no beds | běn | like books | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent běn=Theme |
Option 4
No: beds take bēi, like cups
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 beds | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | beds | bed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 take | nsubj |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | bēi | bēi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 cups | punct |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 cups | case |
| 8 | cups | cup | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | no beds | bēi | like cups | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bēi=Theme |
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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