--- title: Ascertain the expression whereby a pupil indicates that spoken words… — School words · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the expression whereby a pupil indicates that spoken words have been heard but not comprehended. Exam question 3 of lesson 15 «School words» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/15-school-words/e3/) [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/) / [School words](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/15-school-words/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · School words Ascertain the expression whereby a pupil indicates that spoken words have been heard but not comprehended. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, pupil · **What happens:** ascertain, indicate, speak, hear, not comprehend · **To what, where:** expression, spoken words · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «School words» 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/15-school-words/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the expression whereby a pupil indicates that spoken words have been heard but not comprehended. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 whereby whereby ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 indicates indicate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 comprehended comprehend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the expression | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expression=Topic | | 2 | **indicate** | present | a pupil | | | | | whereby *property* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hear** | present · perfect · passive | | spoken words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **comprehend** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} tīng bù dǒng ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:e3:o1:1 # text = tīng bù dǒng 1 tīng tīng VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 bù bù NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 dǒng dǒng NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tīng** | gerund | | bù dǒng | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} wǒ wàng le ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:e3:o2:1 # text = wǒ wàng le 1 wǒ wǒ X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 wàng wàng X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 le le X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} kàn bù dǒng ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:e3:o3:1 # text = kàn bù dǒng 1 kàn kàn X FW Foreign=Yes 3 compound _ _ 2 bù bù X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 dǒng dǒng NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} yìbǎi fēn ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:e3:o4:1 # text = yìbǎi fēn 1 yìbǎi yìbǎi X FW _ 0 root _ _ 2 fēn fēn X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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