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title: Ascertain the customary means by which a guest indicates that he has… — Tasty! Spicy! I'm full! · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the customary means by which a guest indicates that he has eaten sufficiently. Exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!» 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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# Exam question 2 · Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!

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Ascertain the customary means by which a guest indicates that he has eaten sufficiently.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, customary, guest · **What happens:** ascertain, mean, indicate, eat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/12-tasty-spicy-im-full/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the customary means by which a guest indicates that he has eaten sufficiently.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	ccomp	_	_
14	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the customary |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **indicate** | present | a guest |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic |
| 4 | **eat** | present · perfect | guest |  |  |  |  | sufficiently *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He leaves the table without speaking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:e2:o1:1
# text = He leaves the table without speaking
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | He | the table |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He accepts every further portion offered, without any protest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:e2:o2:1
# text = He accepts every further portion offered, without any protest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accepts	accept	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	protest	protest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | present | He | every further portion |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Theme |
| 2 | **offer** | participle |  | every further portion *not said here* |  |  |  | without any protest | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He requests a larger bowl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:e2:o3:1
# text = He requests a larger bowl
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requests	request	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | present | He | a larger bowl |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent bowl=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He declares wǒ chī bǎo le more than once and leaves a little

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:e2:o4:1
# text = He declares wǒ chī bǎo le more than once and leaves a little
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	declares	declare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wǒ	wǒ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	chī	chī	X	GW	_	3	flat:foreign	_	_
5	bǎo	bǎo	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	flat:foreign	_	_
6	le	le	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	6	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | present | He | wǒ |  |  |  | once *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent wǒ=Theme le=Attribute |
| 2 | **leave** | present | He *not said here* | a little |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Theme |

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**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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