--- title: A cartoon shows the class greeting the teacher by sitting and mumbli… — School words · tree and pragmatics description: A cartoon shows the class greeting the teacher by sitting and mumbling. What does a real Chinese class do? 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What does a real Chinese class do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, class, real Chinese class · **What happens:** show, greet, sit, mumble, do · **To what, where:** class, teacher This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 15 «School words» 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/15-school-words/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows the class greeting the teacher by sitting and mumbling. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t11:1 # text = A cartoon shows the class greeting the teacher by sitting and mumbling. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 greeting greet VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 by by SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 mumbling mumble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | the class | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient | | 2 | **greet** *speech: greet* | gerund | the class *not said here* | | the teacher | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Theme | | 3 | **sit** | gerund | the class *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **mumble** *speech: other* | gerund | the class *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 does a real Chinese class do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t11:2 # text = What does a real Chinese class do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · do-support | a real Chinese class | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Say zàijiàn ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t11:o1:1 # text = Say zàijiàn 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 zàijiàn zàijiàn NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | zàijiàn | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent zàijiàn=Topic | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stand up and sing out lǎoshī hǎo together ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t11:o2:1 # text = Stand up and sing out lǎoshī hǎo together 1 Stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sing sing VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 lǎoshī lǎoshī NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 hǎo hǎo X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 8 together together ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sing out** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* | lǎoshī | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lǎoshī=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stay silent and bow very low, one by one ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t11:o3:1 # text = Stay silent and bow very low, one by one 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 bow bow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 obl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | one by one | | | | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bow** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | low *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Clap three times and sit down ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t11:o4:1 # text = Clap three times and sit down 1 Clap clap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | infinitive | Clap three times *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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