--- title: «ming yelled jiāyóu at me on sports day, I don't need petrol??» What… — In the playground: come on, your turn! · tree and pragmatics description: «ming yelled jiāyóu at me on sports day, I don't need petrol??» What did he mean? Test 1 of lesson 13 «In the playground: come on, your turn!» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/13-in-the-playground/t1/) [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/) / [In the playground: come on, your turn!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/13-in-the-playground/) / t1 # Test 1 · In the playground: come on, your turn! «ming yelled jiāyóu at me on sports day, I don't need petrol??» What did he mean? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ming, I · **What happens:** yell, not need, mean · **To what, where:** jiāyóu, petrol This is test 1 of lesson 13 «In the playground: come on, your turn!» 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/13-in-the-playground/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «ming yelled jiāyóu at me on sports day, I don't need petrol??» ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t1:1 # text = «ming yelled jiāyóu at me on sports day, I don't need petrol??» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ming ming NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 yelled yell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 jiāyóu jiāyóu NOUN FW _ 3 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 sports sport NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 compound _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 15 petrol petrol NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yell** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | ming | jiāyóu | | | day | at me | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent jiāyóu=Theme at i=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **need** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | petrol | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot petrol=Theme | 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 did he mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t1:2 # text = What did he mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean 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 | **mean** | past · do-support | ming | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Come on, go for it! ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t1:o1:1 # text = Come on, go for it! 1 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come on** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | for it | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Get some oil, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t1:o2:1 # text = Get some oil, mate 1 Get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | some oil | | | | mate *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oil=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Go home ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t1:o3:1 # text = Go home 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} You're far too slow! ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t1:o4:1 # text = You're far too slow! 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | far, slow *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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Tasty! Spicy! 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