Test 6 · Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters

What would happen if you shouted «mà!» with a falling tone across the flat?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: happen, shout, fall · To what, where: mà

This is test 6 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 shouted	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 shouted	nsubj
6	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 mà	punct
8	mà	mà	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouted	obj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 tone	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tone	det
13	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 tone	amod
14	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
15	across	across	ADP	_	17 flat	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 flat	det
17	flat	flat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tone	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would			with a falling tone across the flat	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express a condition, not said to happen	past	you	mà		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mà=Topic
3	fall	gerund				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Mum would come running at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 come	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 come	aux
3	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 come	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	would	Mum						tree rules
2	run	gerund	Mum not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It would sound like «scold», not «mum»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sound	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 sound	aux
3	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 scold	case
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 scold	punct
6	scold	scold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sound	obl
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 sound	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mum	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 mum	advmod
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 mum	punct
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sound	obl
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 mum	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	would	It	mum				like scold	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It means «eight»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	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

It means «dad», so dad would come running

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 dad	punct
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 dad	punct
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 come	advmod
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 come	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 come	aux
10	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	parataxis
11	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 come	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	It	dad	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Topic
2	come	would	dad		tree rules
3	run	gerund	dad not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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