--- title: Identify the expression whereby a Mandarin-speaking child customaril… — Happy, angry, bored, scared · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the expression whereby a Mandarin-speaking child customarily signifies enjoyment, its literal sense being "open heart". 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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/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:e1:1 # text = Identify the expression whereby a Mandarin-speaking child customarily signifies enjoyment, its literal sense being "open heart". 1 Identify identify 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 11 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 Mandarin Mandarin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 customarily customarily ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 signifies signify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 12 enjoyment enjoyment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 literal literal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the expression | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent expression=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **signify** | present | a speaking child | enjoyment | | | | customarily, whereby *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot enjoyment=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | gerund | child's literal sense | open heart | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sense** | | child | | | | | | nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} shēngqì ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:e1:o1:1 # text = shēngqì 1 shēngqì shēngqì NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} kāixīn ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:e1:o2:1 # text = kāixīn 1 kāixīn kāixīn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} wúliáo ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:e1:o3:1 # text = wúliáo 1 wúliáo wúliáo X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} nánguò ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:e1:o4:1 # text = nánguò 1 nánguò nánguò X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ ``` 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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