--- title: In a cartoon an English kid shouts «nǐ hǎo?» with a rising voice to… — The four tones: same sound, different… · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon an English kid shouts «nǐ hǎo?» with a rising voice to mean hello. What is off? 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What is off? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** English kid · **What happens:** shout, rise, mean · **To what, where:** nǐ, cartoon This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon an English kid shouts «nǐ hǎo?» with a rising voice to mean hello. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t6:1 # text = In a cartoon an English kid shouts «nǐ hǎo?» with a rising voice to mean hello. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 nǐ nǐ X FW Foreign=Yes 7 obj _ _ 10 hǎo hǎo X FW Foreign=Yes 9 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 amod _ _ 16 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 19 hello hello INTJ UH _ 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | a English kid | nǐ | | a cartoon | | with a rising voice | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nǐ=Topic | | 2 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mean** | to-infinitive | a English kid *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hello=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:* What is off? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t6:2 # text = What is off? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The rise at the end makes it sound like a question ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t6:o1:1 # text = The rise at the end makes it sound like a question 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rise rise NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | the rise at the end | end | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sound** | infinitive | end *not said here* | | | | | like a question | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, all greetings rise ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t6:o2:1 # text = Nothing, all greetings rise 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 greetings greeting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | present | all greetings | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hello must always be whispered ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t6:o3:1 # text = Hello must always be whispered 1 Hello hello INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 whispered whisper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | must · passive | | | | | | always *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V» | ### Option 4 {#o4} nǐ hǎo is goodbye ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t6:o4:1 # text = nǐ hǎo is goodbye 1 nǐ nǐ X FW Foreign=Yes 4 nsubj _ _ 2 hǎo hǎo X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 goodbye goodbye NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | nǐ | goodbye | | | | | 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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