--- title: It is given that "mǎshàng" is employed by a parent who stands ready… — Today, tomorrow, now, later · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that "mǎshàng" is employed by a parent who stands ready to depart. Select the interpretation consistent with the established usage. 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Select the interpretation consistent with the established usage. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parent, you · **What happens:** give, employ, stand, depart, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, mǎshàng, interpretation This is exam question 2 of lesson 21 «Today, tomorrow, now, later» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that "mǎshàng" is employed by a parent who stands ready to depart. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:e2:1 # text = It is given that "mǎshàng" is employed by a parent who stands ready to depart. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 mǎshàng mǎshàng NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **employ** | present · passive | a parent | that mǎshàng | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | present | a parent | | | | | ready *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **depart** | to-infinitive | a parent *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* Select the interpretation consistent with the established usage. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:e2:2 # text = Select the interpretation consistent with the established usage. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 interpretation interpretation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 usage usage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the interpretation | | | | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Not at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:e2:o1:1 # text = Not at all 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} On the following day ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:e2:o2:1 # text = On the following day 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} At an indeterminate future date ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:e2:o3:1 # text = At an indeterminate future date 1 At at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 indeterminate indeterminate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Immediately, without delay ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:e2:o4:1 # text = Immediately, without delay 1 Immediately immediately ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 without without ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` 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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