Test 3 · Names and "how old are you?"
«Wáng Míng, nǐ guò lái!» his mum shouts. What is likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wáng · What happens: shout, be
This is test 3 of lesson 5 «Names and "how old are you?"» 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: «Wáng Míng, nǐ guò lái!» his mum shouts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wáng | punct |
| 2 | Wáng | Wáng | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 shouts | nsubj |
| 3 | Míng | Míng | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Wáng | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 guò | punct |
| 5 | nǐ | nǐ | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 guò | flat:foreign |
| 6 | guò | guò | X | Foreign=Yes | 2 Wáng | conj |
| 7 | lái | lái | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 guò | flat:foreign |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wáng | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wáng | punct |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mum | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 shouts | nsubj |
| 12 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 shouts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | Wáng | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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: What is likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 likely | cop |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She forgot his name
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 name | nmod:poss |
| 4 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forgot | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | She | his name | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | name | his = he | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He's in trouble — the full name!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trouble | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 trouble | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 trouble | case |
| 4 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 name | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 name | det |
| 7 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 name | amod |
| 8 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trouble | conj |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 trouble | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | trouble and the full name | tree rules |
Option 3
She is introducing him to you and your mum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 introducing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 introducing | aux |
| 3 | introducing | introduce | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 introducing | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 you | case |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 introducing | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 mum | cc |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 you | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | introduce | present · progressive | She | him = he | you | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to you=Co-Patient |
Option 4
She is calling his dad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 calling | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 calling | aux |
| 3 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 dad | nmod:poss |
| 5 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 calling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present · progressive | She | his dad | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
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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