Exam question 3 · Yes and no — there is no single word

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression bù xíng.

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 3 of lesson 4 «Yes and no — there is no single word» 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	_	13 xíng	case
13	xíng	xíng	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
14	.	.	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 xíng	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 denotes the absence of an object

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 absence	det
4	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 object	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 object	det
7	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 absence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the absence of a object					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic
2	absent			a object					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It signifies enthusiastic and wholehearted agreement with a proposal

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 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	enthusiastic	enthusiastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 agreement	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wholehearted	cc
5	wholehearted	wholehearted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 enthusiastic	conj
6	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signifies	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 proposal	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 proposal	det
9	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 agreement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	enthusiastic agreement				with a proposal	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot agreement=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It signifies refusal, prohibition or impracticability

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 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signifies	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 prohibition	punct
5	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refusal	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 impracticability	cc
7	impracticability	impracticability	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refusal	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	refusal and prohibition or impracticability					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot refusal=Theme

Option 4

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a greeting					tree rules
2	reserve	participle		a greeting not said here					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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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