--- title: lol Lín's a Rat in the zodiac, that's an insult innit? — Animals and "what animal are you?" · tree and pragmatics description: lol Lín's a Rat in the zodiac, that's an insult innit? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Animals and "what animal are you?"» 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/19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal/t1/) [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/) / [Animals and "what animal are you?"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Animals and "what animal are you?" lol Lín's a Rat in the zodiac, that's an insult innit? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lín, that · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Rat, zodiac, insult innit This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Animals and "what animal are you?"» 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/19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:t1:1 # text = lol Lín's a Rat in the zodiac, that's an insult innit? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 Lín Lín PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 zodiac zodiac NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 insult insult NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Lín | a Rat and a insult innit | | the zodiac | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | that | a insult innit | | | | | tree rules | 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} Yes, rats are always an insult, everyone knows ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:t1:o1:1 # text = Yes, rats are always an insult, everyone knows 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 insult insult NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | rats | a insult | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | present | everyone | a insult *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer insult=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, Rat means "boss" ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:t1:o2:1 # text = No, Rat means "boss" 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Rat | boss | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boss=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it means he's dirty ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:t1:o3:1 # text = Yes, it means he's dirty 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | he | | | | | dirty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, the Rat is clever and comes first ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal:t1:o4:1 # text = No, the Rat is clever and comes first 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Rat | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | present | the Rat *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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