--- title: «is fēn like marks? cos the bus driver said wǔ fēn» What did the dri… — School words · tree and pragmatics description: «is fēn like marks? cos the bus driver said wǔ fēn» What did the driver probably mean? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · School words «is fēn like marks? cos the bus driver said wǔ fēn» What did the driver probably mean? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bus driver, driver · **What happens:** fēn, say, mean · **To what, where:** wǔ fēn · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t9:1 # text = «is fēn like marks? cos the bus driver said wǔ fēn» What did the driver probably mean? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 fēn fēn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 7 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 wǔ wǔ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 fēn fēn NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 probably probably ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fēn** *in a quote* | present · passive | | | | | | like marks | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the bus driver | wǔ fēn | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fēn=Topic | | 3 | **mean** | past · do-support | the driver | wǔ fēn | | | | probably *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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} Five classmates on the bus ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t9:o1:1 # text = Five classmates on the bus 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 classmates classmate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Five teachers ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t9:o2:1 # text = Five teachers 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Five minutes or five pence: fēn has several meanings ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t9:o3:1 # text = Five minutes or five pence: fēn has several meanings 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod:poss _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 7 fēn fēn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 meanings meaning NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Five minutes or five pence's fēn | several meanings | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Five marks out of a hundred, for showing your ticket ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t9:o4:1 # text = Five marks out of a hundred, for showing your ticket 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 3 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 ticket ticket NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | gerund | Five marks out a hundred | your ticket | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ticket=Recipient | | 2 | **ticket** | | your | | | | | | nom ticket «communication transitive»: poss=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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