Test 5 · ★★★ · China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China
Mei: «I'm a dragon, so I'm born to lead!» What is wise?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mei · What happens: be, bear, lead · To what, where: dragon, I
This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China» of the history 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: Mei: «I'm a dragon, so I'm born to lead!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mei | Mei | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 dragon | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mei | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 dragon | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 dragon | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 dragon | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dragon | det |
| 7 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 born | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 born | advmod |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 born | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 born | aux:pass |
| 12 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 dragon | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 lead | mark |
| 14 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 born | xcomp |
| 15 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 dragon | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 dragon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Mei | a dragon | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bear in a quote | present · passive | I | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | lead in a quote | to-infinitive | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
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 is wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wise | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wise | cop |
| 3 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The zodiac is a law of physics, so it must be true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 zodiac | det |
| 2 | zodiac | zodiac | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 law | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 law | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 law | det |
| 5 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 physics | case |
| 7 | physics | physic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 law | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 true | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 true | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 true | nsubj |
| 11 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 true | aux |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 true | cop |
| 13 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 law | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the zodiac | a law | of physics | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | must | zodiac | true property | tree rules |
Option 2
Agree: science has proved that dragon people make the best leaders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 proved | punct |
| 3 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 proved | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 proved | aux |
| 5 | proved | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Agree | ccomp |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 make | mark |
| 7 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 people | compound |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 make | nsubj |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 proved | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 leaders | det |
| 11 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 12 leaders | amod |
| 12 | leaders | leader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | imperative | you not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | prove | present · perfect | science | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | make | present | dragon people | the best leaders | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Product |
Option 3
Disagree: only people born in rat years can lead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disagree | disagree | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 lead | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 people | advmod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 lead | nsubj |
| 5 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 people | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 years | case |
| 7 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 years | compound |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 born | obl |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 lead | aux |
| 10 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Disagree | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disagree | imperative | you not said here | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | bear | participle | people not said here | year | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | lead | can | people | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Enjoy the tradition; the zodiac does not decide character
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tradition | det |
| 3 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Enjoy | obj |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 decide | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 zodiac | det |
| 6 | zodiac | zodiac | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 decide | nsubj |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 decide | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 decide | advmod |
| 9 | decide | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Enjoy | parataxis |
| 10 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 decide | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | imperative | you not said here | the tradition | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tradition=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not decide | present · do-support | the zodiac | character | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent character=Topic |
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