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title: You stick your chopsticks straight up in the rice to free your hands… — Dinner at the friend's house · tree and pragmatics
description: You stick your chopsticks straight up in the rice to free your hands. Why does Granny frown? Test 2 of lesson 11 «Dinner at the friend's house» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 2 · Dinner at the friend's house

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You stick your chopsticks straight up in the rice to free your hands. Why does Granny frown?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, Granny · **What happens:** stick, frown · **To what, where:** chopsticks, rice

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This is test 2 of lesson 11 «Dinner at the friend's house» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/11-dinner-at-the-friends-house/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You stick your chopsticks straight up in the rice to free your hands.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t2:1
# text = You stick your chopsticks straight up in the rice to free your hands.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stick	stick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | present | You | your chopsticks |  | the rice |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent chopstick=Theme hand=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why does Granny frown?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t2:2
# text = Why does Granny frown?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	frown	frown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frown** | present · do-support | Granny |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It means you hate her rice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t2:o1:1
# text = It means you hate her rice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hate** | present | you | her rice |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rice=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means «more please»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t2:o2:1
# text = It means «more please»
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	obj	_	_
5	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's a rude word in China, said with hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t2:o3:1
# text = It's a rude word in China, said with hands
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a rude word |  | China |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  | with hands | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with hand=Manner |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It looks like funeral incense

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t2:o4:1
# text = It looks like funeral incense
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | It |  |  |  |  | like funeral incense | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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