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Test 4 · ★ · Yes and no — there is no single word

You whine «wèishénme?» (why?) after a parent's bù xíng. What usually happens?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: You · What happens: whine, happen · To what, where: wèishénme

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 4 «Yes and no — there is no single word» 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: You whine «wèishénme?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 whine	nsubj
2	whine	whine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 wèishénme	punct
4	wèishénme	wèishénme	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whine	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 whine	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 whine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whine	present	You	wèishénme					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wèishénme=Theme

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: (why?) after a parent's bù xíng.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 why	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 why	punct
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 why	punct
5	after	after	ADP	_	10 xíng	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 xíng	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 parent	case
9	bù	bù	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 xíng	amod
10	xíng	xíng	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 why	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: What usually happens?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happens	nsubj
2	usually	usually	ADV	_	3 happens	advmod
3	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present						usually property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

You get double sweets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 get	nsubj
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sweets	amod
4	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	You	double sweets					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sweet=Stimulus

Option 2

It means «sorry» so it's fine

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 sorry	punct
4	sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	2 means	parataxis
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 sorry	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 fine	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fine	expl
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is	present						fine property	tree rules

Option 3

The parent changes their mind at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parent	det
2	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changes	nsubj
3	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mind	nmod:poss
5	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changes	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 changes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	the parent	their mind					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
2	mind		their = they						nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It goes down as badly as anywhere

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 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 goes	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 badly	advmod
5	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 goes	advmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 anywhere	case
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go down	present	It					badly, down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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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