Test 11 · Colours
Ming's mum looks out: «tiān hēi le, huí jiā!» What does she want?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: look out, want
This is test 11 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
Sentence 1: Ming's mum looks out: «tiān hēi le, huí jiā!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ming | Ming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ming | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looks | nsubj |
| 4 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 looks | compound:prt |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 le | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 le | punct |
| 8 | tiān | tiān | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 le | flat:foreign |
| 9 | hēi | hēi | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 le | flat:foreign |
| 10 | le | le | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 looks | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 jiā | punct |
| 12 | huí | huí | X | _ | 13 jiā | compound |
| 13 | jiā | jiā | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 le | conj |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 looks | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 looks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look out | present | Ming's mum | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: 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 does she want?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 want | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 want | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 want | nsubj |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present · do-support | mum | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
You to wear black
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 wear | nsubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 wear | mark |
| 3 | wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wear | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | to-infinitive | You | black property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
You to look at the stars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 look | nsubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 look | mark |
| 3 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 stars | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stars | det |
| 6 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | to-infinitive | You | at the stars | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at star=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
You to go home, it's got dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 go | mark |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 got | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 got | aux |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 go | parataxis |
| 9 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | to-infinitive | You | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | present · passive | it | dark property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
You to get the black bag
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 get | mark |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bag | det |
| 5 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bag | amod |
| 6 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | to-infinitive | You | the black bag | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bag=Stimulus |
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