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Test 6 · Counting 1 to 10, on one hand

In a cartoon a British kid shows three with thumb, index and middle finger in China. Is it wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: British kid, kid · What happens: show, be · To what, where: three

This is test 6 of lesson 6 «Counting 1 to 10, on one hand» 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: In a cartoon a British kid shows three with thumb, index and middle finger in China.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shows	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kid	det
5	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shows	nsubj
7	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 shows	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 thumb	case
10	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shows	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 index	punct
12	index	index	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thumb	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 finger	cc
14	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 finger	amod
15	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thumb	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 China	case
17	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 finger	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a British kid	three				with thumb and index and middle finger in China; in a cartoon	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent three=Patient in cartoon=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: Is it wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	nsubj
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	kid					wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, every country counts to three on hands the same way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 country	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 country	det
4	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 counts	nsubj
5	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 three	case
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 counts	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 hands	case
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 counts	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 counts	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	every country	the same way		hands		to three	vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to three=Experiencer

Option 2

Yes, in China that hand sign is a rude word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 sign	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 China	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 China	case
4	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sign	nsubj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sign	nsubj
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sign	compound
7	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 word	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 word	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 word	det
10	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 word	amod
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign		China						tree rules
2	is a	present	hand sign	a rude word					tree rules

Option 3

Yes, it means eight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 means	obj

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Understood, but Chinese kids use index, middle and ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 use	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 use	cc
4	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kids	amod
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 use	nsubj
6	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Understood	conj
7	index	index	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 middle	punct
9	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 index	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ring	cc
11	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 index	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	participle							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	use	present	Chinese kids	index and middle and ring					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent index=Patient

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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