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Test 2 · Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters

You call Ming's mum «mā» at dinner. What would happen?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You · What happens: call, happen · To what, where: mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 9 «Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters» 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: You call Ming's mum «mā» at dinner.

nsubjnmod:posscaseobjpunctappospunctcaseoblpunctrootYouPRONcallVERBMingPROPN'sPARTmumNOUN«PUNCTmāNOUN»PUNCTatADPdinnerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 callnsubj
2callcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3MingMingPROPNNumber=Sing5 mumnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 Mingcase
5mummumNOUNNumber=Sing2 callobj
6««PUNCT_7 māpunct
7māmāNOUNNumber=Sing5 mumappos
8»»PUNCT_7 māpunct
9atatADP_10 dinnercase
10dinnerdinnerNOUNNumber=Sing2 callobl
11..PUNCT_2 callpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1callpresentYouMing's mumat dinnervn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent mum=Theme at dinner=Stimulus

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 would happen?

nsubjauxpunctrootWhatPRONwouldAUXhappenVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 happennsubj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 happenaux
3happenhappenVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 happenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenwouldvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

It means auntie

nsubjobjrootItPRONmeansVERBauntieNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3auntieauntieNOUNNumber=Sing2 meansobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentItauntievn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent auntie=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It sounds odd: she's your āyí, not your mum

nsubjxcomppunctnsubjcopnmod:possoblpunctadvmodnmod:possconjrootItPRONsoundsVERBoddADJ:PUNCTshePRON'sAUXyourPRONāyíNOUN,PUNCTnotPARTyourPRONmumNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 soundsnsubj
2soundssoundVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3oddoddADJDegree=Pos2 soundsxcomp
4::PUNCT_8 āyípunct
5sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 āyínsubj
6'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 āyícop
7youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 āyínmod:poss
8āyíāyíNOUNNumber=Sing2 soundsobl
9,,PUNCT_12 mumpunct
10notnotPARTPolarity=Neg12 mumadvmod
11youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 mumnmod:poss
12mummumNOUNNumber=Sing8 āyíconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1soundpresentItodd propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2is apresentsheyour āyí and your mumtree rules

Option 3

It's the right word for guests to use

nsubjcopdetamodcasenmodmarkaclrootItPRON'sAUXtheDETrightADJwordNOUNforADPguestsNOUNtoPARTuseVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 wordnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 wordcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 worddet
4rightrightADJDegree=Pos5 wordamod
5wordwordNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6forforADP_7 guestscase
7guestsguestNOUNNumber=Plur5 wordnmod
8totoPART_9 usemark
9useuseVERBVerbForm=Inf5 wordacl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentItthe right wordfor gueststree rules
2useto-infinitivevn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She would feel honoured that you're family now

nsubjauxxcompmarknsubjcopadvcladvmodrootShePRONwouldAUXfeelVERBhonouredVERBthatSCONJyouPRON'reAUXfamilyNOUNnowADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 feelnsubj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 feelaux
3feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4honouredhonourVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 feelxcomp
5thatthatSCONJ_8 familymark
6youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs8 familynsubj
7'rebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 familycop
8familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing4 honouredadvcl
9nownowADVPronType=Dem3 feeladvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feelwouldShenowvn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2honourparticipleShe not said heretree rules
3is apresentyoufamilytree rules

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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