--- title: Counting 8, 9, 10 you say «bā, jiǔ, shǐ!». Why does Ming roll on the… — The four tones: same sound, different… · tree and pragmatics description: Counting 8, 9, 10 you say «bā, jiǔ, shǐ!». Why does Ming roll on the floor? 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Why does Ming roll on the floor? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Ming · **What happens:** count, say, roll · **To what, where:** 8, floor · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Counting 8, 9, 10 you say «bā, jiǔ, shǐ!». ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t4:1 # text = Counting 8, 9, 10 you say «bā, jiǔ, shǐ!». 1 Counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 bā bā NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 jiǔ jiǔ NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 shǐ shǐ NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | gerund | | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | 8 | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bā=Topic | 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:* Why does Ming roll on the floor? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t4:2 # text = Why does Ming roll on the floor? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 roll roll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | present · do-support | Ming | | | the floor | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Trajectory | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} You counted backwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t4:o1:1 # text = You counted backwards 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 counted count VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | past | You | | | | | backwards *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} shǐ is a rude word for teachers ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t4:o2:1 # text = shǐ is a rude word for teachers 1 shǐ shǐ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | shǐ | a rude word | | | | for teachers | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Dipping shǐ means poo, not ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t4:o3:1 # text = Dipping shǐ means poo, not ten 1 Dipping dip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 shǐ shǐ NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 poo poo NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dip** | gerund | | shǐ | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shǐ=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | Dipping | poo | | | | ten *obl* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poo=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} shǐ means horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t4:o4:1 # text = shǐ means horse 1 shǐ shǐ NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | shǐ | horse | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Topic | **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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