--- title: Your cousin gives Ming's granny a book at New Year. Why might she sm… — Games: rock-paper-scissors, hide and s… · tree and pragmatics description: Your cousin gives Ming's granny a book at New Year. Why might she smile only politely? 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Why might she smile only politely? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin · **What happens:** give, smile · **To what, where:** book, granny This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 14 «Games: rock-paper-scissors, hide and seek, cheat!» 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/14-games-rock-paper-scissors-hide-and-seek/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your cousin gives Ming's granny a book at New Year. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:14-games-rock-paper-scissors-hide-and-seek:t8:1 # text = Your cousin gives Ming's granny a book at New Year. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | Your cousin | a book | Ming's granny | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent granny=Recipient book=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:* Why might she smile only politely? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:14-games-rock-paper-scissors-hide-and-seek:t8:2 # text = Why might she smile only politely? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 smile smile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 politely politely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smile** | might | cousin | | | | | politely *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} shū (book) sounds like shū (lose) ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:14-games-rock-paper-scissors-hide-and-seek:t8:o1:1 # text = shū (book) sounds like shū (lose) 1 shū shū NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 3 punct _ _ 5 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 shū shū NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 lose lose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | present | shū | | | | | like shū | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **lose** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The book was red, the funeral colour ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:14-games-rock-paper-scissors-hide-and-seek:t8:o2:1 # text = The book was red, the funeral colour 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the book | | | | | red *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Books are always rude gifts ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:14-games-rock-paper-scissors-hide-and-seek:t8:o3:1 # text = Books are always rude gifts 1 Books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Books | rude gifts | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Grannies all hate reading books ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:14-games-rock-paper-scissors-hide-and-seek:t8:o4:1 # text = Grannies all hate reading books 1 Grannies grannie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 reading reading NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | present | Grannies | reading books | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus | **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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