--- title: At Ming's birthday you cut his noodles to make them easier. What mig… — Dinner at the friend's house · tree and pragmatics description: At Ming's birthday you cut his noodles to make them easier. What might Granny say? Test 4 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/11-dinner-at-the-friends-house/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [Dinner at the friend's house](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/11-dinner-at-the-friends-house/) / t4 # Test 4 · Dinner at the friend's house At Ming's birthday you cut his noodles to make them easier. What might Granny say? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Granny · **What happens:** cut, make, say · **To what, where:** noodles, birthday · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* At Ming's birthday you cut his noodles to make them easier. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t4:1 # text = At Ming's birthday you cut his noodles to make them easier. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 noodles noodle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past | you | Ming's noodles | | Ming's birthday | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noodle=Product | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | noodles *= noodle* | | | | easy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | 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 might Granny say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t4:2 # text = What might Granny say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Granny Granny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | might | Granny | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Cut them smaller, he's only little ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t4:o1:1 # text = Cut them smaller, he's only little 1 Cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | | 2 | **is** | present | he | | | | | little *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Long noodles mean long life, don't cut them ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t4:o2:1 # text = Long noodles mean long life, don't cut them 1 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 noodles noodle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 4 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Long noodles | long life | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Topic | | 2 | **not** **cut** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | noodles *= noodle* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Well done, that's very polite and thoughtful of you ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t4:o3:1 # text = Well done, that's very polite and thoughtful of you 1 Well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 2 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 thoughtful thoughtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | | | polite *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | that *not said here* | | | | | of you | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Noodles are for adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t4:o4:1 # text = Noodles are for adults 1 Noodles noodle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Noodles | | | | | for adults | tree 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. 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