Test 1 · Colours

«get ming's dad a green hat for his birthday, he likes green» What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: get, like, be · To what, where: green hat, dad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 8 «Colours» 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	_	2 get	punct
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ming	ming	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dad	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 ming	case
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hat	det
7	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hat	amod
8	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 birthday	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 birthday	nmod:poss
11	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 likes	punct
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 likes	nsubj
14	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 get	parataxis
15	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 likes	xcomp
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 likes	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 wrong	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 wrong	cop
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 likes	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	imperative	you not said here	a green hat	ming's dad	for his birthday	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent dad=Beneficiary hat=Theme
2	like in a quote	present	he			green property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	is	present				wrong 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

Hats mean goodbye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hats	hat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mean	nsubj
2	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mean	obj

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

Option 2

Green is unlucky on Mondays and birthdays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Green	green	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unlucky	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unlucky	cop
3	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 Mondays	case
5	Mondays	Monday	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 unlucky	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 birthdays	cc
7	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Mondays	conj

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

Option 3

Nothing, green hats bring a whole year of good luck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 bring	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hats	amod
4	hats	hat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bring	nsubj
5	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 year	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 year	amod
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 luck	case
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 luck	amod
11	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 year	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	Nothing				year		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent

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

A green hat is a joke about being made a fool of

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hat	det
2	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hat	amod
3	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 joke	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 joke	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 joke	det
6	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	about	about	SCONJ	_	9 made	mark
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 made	aux:pass
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 joke	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fool	det
11	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	xcomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 fool	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a green hat	a joke					tree rules
2	make	gerund · passive	a joke not said here	a fool					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»

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