--- title: «yawn, wǒ yào shuǐjiǎo» you tell Ming's mum at 10 pm. What might she… — The four tones: same sound, different… · tree and pragmatics description: «yawn, wǒ yào shuǐjiǎo» you tell Ming's mum at 10 pm. What might she do? Test 2 · ★★ 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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · The four tones: same sound, different meaning «yawn, wǒ yào shuǐjiǎo» you tell Ming's mum at 10 pm. What might she do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Ming · **What happens:** tell, do · **To what, where:** yawn, mum, 10 · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «yawn, wǒ yào shuǐjiǎo» you tell Ming's mum at 10 pm. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t2:1 # text = «yawn, wǒ yào shuǐjiǎo» you tell Ming's mum at 10 pm. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 yawn yawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 wǒ wǒ X FW Foreign=Yes 2 conj _ _ 5 yào yào X FW Foreign=Yes 4 flat:foreign _ _ 6 shuǐjiǎo shuǐjiǎo X FW Foreign=Yes 4 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 obl _ _ 15 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | you | yawn | Ming's mum | 10 pm | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient | 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 might she do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t2:2 # text = What might she do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | might | Ming | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Cheerfully offer you dumplings ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t2:o1:1 # text = Cheerfully offer you dumplings 1 Cheerfully cheerfully ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 offer offer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 dumplings dumpling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | imperative | you *not said here* | dumplings | you | | | cheerfully *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal dumpling=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Phone your parents ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t2:o2:1 # text = Phone your parents 1 Phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Give you a glass of water ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t2:o3:1 # text = Give you a glass of water 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a glass of water | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient glass=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Put you to bed straight away, it's late ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t2:o4:1 # text = Put you to bed straight away, it's late 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 straight straight ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | you | | | to bed; away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent you=Goal | | 2 | **is** | present | bed | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | **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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