Test 5 · ★ · Yes and no — there is no single word

«ming said 'yǒu' means you, like english» Which is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ming, yǒu, english · What happens: say, mean, be · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
2	ming	ming	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 yǒu	punct
5	yǒu	yǒu	X	Foreign=Yes	7 means	nsubj
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 yǒu	punct
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 means	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 english	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 english	case
11	english	english	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 english	punct
13	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 right	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 english	acl:relcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	ming			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean in a quote	present	yǒu	you		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic
3	is	present	english		right property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, yǒu means yes, always and everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct
3	yǒu	yǒu	X	Foreign=Yes	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 always	punct
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 means	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 everywhere	cc
9	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 always	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	yǒu					always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, yǒu means have; you is nǐ

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct
3	yǒu	yǒu	X	Foreign=Yes	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 nǐ	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 nǐ	cop
9	nǐ	nǐ	X	Foreign=Yes	4 means	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	yǒu						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present							vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, but only in songs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 songs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 songs	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 songs	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 songs	case
6	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 4

Yes, yǒu is just the English you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 English	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	yǒu	yǒu	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 English	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 English	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 English	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 English	det
7	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 English	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	yǒu	the English					tree rules

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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