Test 6 · ★ · Yes and no — there is no single word
Your teacher says the answer is 12 and you shout «bú duì!». How does it sound?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, answer, you · What happens: say, be, shout, sound · To what, where: 12, duì · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Your teacher says the answer is 12 and you shout «bú duì!».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 12 | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 12 | cop |
| 7 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 shout | cc |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 shout | nsubj |
| 10 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 duì | punct |
| 12 | bú | bú | ADP | _ | 13 duì | case |
| 13 | duì | duì | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shout | obj |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 shout | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 shout | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your teacher | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the answer | 12 | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | shout speech: express | present | you | duì | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duì=Topic |
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: How does it sound?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 sound | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sound | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sound | nsubj |
| 4 | sound | sound | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 sound | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present · do-support | answer | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Like sharply contradicting a grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | SCONJ | _ | 3 contradicting | mark |
| 2 | sharply | sharply | ADV | _ | 3 contradicting | advmod |
| 3 | contradicting | contradict | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 up | det |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 up | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 up | punct |
| 7 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 contradicting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contradict | gerund | a grown up | sharply property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Like «I haven't got it, I'm so sorry, Miss»
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | INTJ | _ | 12 sorry | discourse |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 got | advmod |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Like | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Like | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 sorry | nsubj |
| 10 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 sorry | cop |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 sorry | advmod |
| 12 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Miss | punct |
| 14 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 sorry | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 sorry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get in a quote | present · perfect | I | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | Miss obl; sorry property | tree rules |
Option 3
Like «I don't want it»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | INTJ | _ | 6 want | discourse |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 want | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 want | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 want | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 want | advmod |
| 6 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 want | obj |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not want in a quote | present · do-support | I | it | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Like «well done, Miss»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | SCONJ | _ | 4 done | mark |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 done | punct |
| 3 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 done | advmod |
| 4 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 done | punct |
| 6 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 done | obl |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 done | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | participle | Miss | well property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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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