--- title: «kělè means thirsty in Chinese» Which is right? — Tasty! Spicy! I'm full! · tree and pragmatics description: «kělè means thirsty in Chinese» Which is right? Test 11 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/12-tasty-spicy-im-full/t11/) [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/) / [Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/12-tasty-spicy-im-full/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Tasty! Spicy! I'm full! «kělè means thirsty in Chinese» Which is right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kělè · **What happens:** mean, be · **To what, where:** Chinese · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 12 «Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!» 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/12-tasty-spicy-im-full/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:t11:1 # text = «kělè means thirsty in Chinese» Which is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 kělè kělè NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Chinese Chinese PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | kělè | | | | | thirsty *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | Chinese | | right *property* | tree rules | 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} It means snack ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:t11:o1:1 # text = It means snack 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 snack snack NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | snack | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, kělè is the word for thirsty, kids say it all day long ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, kělè is the word for thirsty, kids say it all day long 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 kělè kělè NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | kělè | the word | | | | for thirsty | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids | kělè | | | day | long *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It's cola; its kě only sounds like the word for thirsty ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:t11:o3:1 # text = It's cola; its kě only sounds like the word for thirsty 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cola cola NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 kě kě PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | cola | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sound** | present | kě | | | | | like the word for thirsty | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} It means hot water ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:t11:o4:1 # text = It means hot water 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 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | hot water | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | **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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