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title: You want to say "I've got two ears" but your voice falls on the firs… — The body · tree and pragmatics
description: You want to say "I've got two ears" but your voice falls on the first bit: èrduo. What sounds wrong? Test 2 of lesson 18 «The body» 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.
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# Test 2 · The body

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You want to say "I've got two ears" but your voice falls on the first bit: èrduo. What sounds wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, I, voice · **What happens:** want, say, get, fall, sound · **To what, where:** two ears, first bit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 18 «The body» 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/18-the-body/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You want to say "I've got two ears" but your voice falls on the first bit: èrduo.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:18-the-body:t2:1
# text = You want to say "I've got two ears" but your voice falls on the first bit: èrduo.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	19	amod	_	_
19	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
21	èrduo	èrduo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | two ears |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ear=Stimulus |
| 4 | **fall** | present | your voice |  |  | the first bit and èrduo |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on bit=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What sounds wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:18-the-body:t2:2
# text = What sounds wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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èr falling is a rude word for ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:18-the-body:t2:o1:1
# text = èr falling is a rude word for ears
1	èr	èr	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	falling	falling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | èr falling | a rude word |  |  |  | for ears | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
èr falling is "two", not "ear"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:18-the-body:t2:o2:1
# text = èr falling is "two", not "ear"
1	èr	èr	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	falling	falling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | two |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, both tones are fine for ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:18-the-body:t2:o3:1
# text = Nothing, both tones are fine for ears
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	tones	tone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | for ears; fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
èr falling means "nose"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:18-the-body:t2:o4:1
# text = èr falling means "nose"
1	èr	èr	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	falling	falling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | èr falling | nose |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Topic |

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