--- title: Ming's little brother is 3. Why should he sip bubble tea carefully? — Tasty! Spicy! I'm full! · tree and pragmatics description: Ming's little brother is 3. Why should he sip bubble tea carefully? Test 7 · ★ 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Tasty! Spicy! I'm full! Ming's little brother is 3. Why should he sip bubble tea carefully? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little brother, Ming · **What happens:** be, sip · **To what, where:** 3, bubble tea This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ming's little brother is 3. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:t7:1 # text = Ming's little brother is 3. 1 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Ming's little brother | 3 | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why should he sip bubble tea carefully? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:t7:2 # text = Why should he sip bubble tea carefully? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sip sip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 bubble bubble NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sip** | should | Ming | bubble tea | | | | carefully *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The tapioca pearls can choke little ones ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:t7:o1:1 # text = The tapioca pearls can choke little ones 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tapioca tapioca NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 choke choke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choke** | can | the tapioca pearls | little ones | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's only for grown-ups, by the rules of the shop ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:t7:o2:1 # text = It's only for grown-ups, by the rules of the shop 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | It | | | | | for grown ups and the rules of the shop | tree rules | | 3 | **rule** | | the shop | | | | | | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It's too sweet for boys ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:t7:o3:1 # text = It's too sweet for boys 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | for boys; sweet *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It's far too hot for small mouths ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:12-tasty-spicy-im-full:t7:o4:1 # text = It's far too hot for small mouths 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 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 mouths mouth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | for small mouths; far, hot *property* | 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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