--- title: «ugh, can't come out, zuòyè first, mum's strict» What's going on? — School words · tree and pragmatics description: «ugh, can't come out, zuòyè first, mum's strict» What's going on? Test 5 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · School words «ugh, can't come out, zuòyè first, mum's strict» What's going on? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** not come out, be, go on · **To what, where:** zuòyè This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t5:1 # text = «ugh, can't come out, zuòyè first, mum's strict» What's going on? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ugh ugh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 zuòyè zuòyè NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 19 on on ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come out** *in a quote* | can | | zuòyè | | | | first, out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mum | | | | | strict *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go on** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He's going to bed early tonight, at six ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t5:o1:1 # text = He's going to bed early tonight, at six 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 7 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · progressive | He | | | six | tonight | to bed; early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} He's at Chinese school ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t5:o2:1 # text = He's at Chinese school 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | Chinese school | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} His family wants homework done before play ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t5:o3:1 # text = His family wants homework done before play 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | His family | homework | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot homework=Theme | | 2 | **do** | participle | | homework *not said here* | | | before play | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He's ill in bed and can't go out, poor thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t5:o4:1 # text = He's ill in bed and can't go out, poor thing 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 out out ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | bed | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **go out** | can | He *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «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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