--- title: Ming's sister says «nǐ hǎo ma?» What is she asking? — The four tones: same sound, different… · tree and pragmatics description: Ming's sister says «nǐ hǎo ma?» What is she asking? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 2 «The four tones: same sound, different meaning» 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/2-the-four-tones/t10/) [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/) / [The four tones: same sound, different…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/2-the-four-tones/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · The four tones: same sound, different meaning Ming's sister says «nǐ hǎo ma?» What is she asking? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister · **What happens:** say, ask · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 2 «The four tones: same sound, different meaning» 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/2-the-four-tones/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ming's sister says «nǐ hǎo ma?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t10:1 # text = Ming's sister says «nǐ hǎo ma?» 1 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 nǐ nǐ X FW Foreign=Yes 8 dep _ _ 7 hǎo hǎo X FW _ 8 compound _ _ 8 ma ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ming's sister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* What is she asking? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t10:2 # text = What is she asking? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · progressive | sister | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Are you well? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t10:o1:1 # text = Are you well? 1 Are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | you | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Where are you going? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t10:o2:1 # text = Where are you going? 1 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 4 advmod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Are you a horse? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t10:o3:1 # text = Are you a horse? 1 Are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | you | a horse | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Hello, Mum! ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t10:o4:1 # text = Hello, Mum! 1 Hello hello INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` 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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