Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: measure words and characters as pictures ★★★
★★★ Noah's nan moans she's got «a thousand mouths to feed». Then Ming's mum says «wǒ jiā yǒu liù kǒu rén». Which number is real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★, ★, thousand mouths, mum, number · What happens: moan, get, feed, say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Noah's nan moans she's got «a thousand mouths to feed».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 moans | nsubj |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 6 nan | case |
| 4 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 nan | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Noah | case |
| 6 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | nmod |
| 7 | moans | moan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 got | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 got | aux |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 moans | ccomp |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 feed | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 thousand | det |
| 13 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 mouths | nummod |
| 14 | mouths | mouth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 feed | nsubj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 feed | mark |
| 16 | feed | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 got | parataxis |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 feed | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 moans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | moan | present | ★ ★ ★ Noah's nan | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get | present · passive | ★ | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | feed in a quote | to-infinitive | thousand mouths | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
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: Then Ming's mum says «wǒ jiā yǒu liù kǒu rén».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 says | advmod |
| 2 | Ming | Ming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mum | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Ming | case |
| 4 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 jiā | punct |
| 7 | wǒ | wǒ | X | Foreign=Yes | 8 jiā | flat:foreign |
| 8 | jiā | jiā | X | _ | 5 says | ccomp |
| 9 | yǒu | yǒu | X | _ | 8 jiā | flat |
| 10 | liù | liù | X | _ | 8 jiā | flat |
| 11 | kǒu | kǒu | X | _ | 8 jiā | flat |
| 12 | rén | rén | X | _ | 8 jiā | flat |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 jiā | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ming's mum | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: Which number is real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 number | det |
| 2 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 real | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 real | cop |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which number | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A thousand, Nan said so
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 thousand | det |
| 2 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 said | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 thousand | punct |
| 4 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 said | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Nan | a thousand | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Sixty, with all the cousins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sixty | sixty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cousins | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 cousins | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 cousins | det:predet |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cousins | det |
| 6 | cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Sixty | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Six, in Ming's family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 family | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 family | case |
| 4 | Ming | Ming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 family | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Ming | case |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Six | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Sixteen, counting the guests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sixteen | sixteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 counting | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sixteen | punct |
| 3 | counting | count | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 guests | det |
| 5 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 counting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | gerund | Sixteen | the guests | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=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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