--- title: Lín says "wǒ zuò tiān" with a falling zuò. What sounds wrong? — Today, tomorrow, now, later · tree and pragmatics description: Lín says "wǒ zuò tiān" with a falling zuò. What sounds wrong? Test 4 of lesson 21 «Today, tomorrow, now, later» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t4/) [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/) / [Today, tomorrow, now, later](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/) / t4 # Test 4 · Today, tomorrow, now, later Lín says "wǒ zuò tiān" with a falling zuò. What sounds wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lín · **What happens:** say, fall, sound · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 of lesson 21 «Today, tomorrow, now, later» 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/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Lín says "wǒ zuò tiān" with a falling zuò. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:t4:1 # text = Lín says "wǒ zuò tiān" with a falling zuò. 1 Lín Lín PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 wǒ wǒ X FW Foreign=Yes 6 compound _ _ 5 zuò zuò X FW Foreign=Yes 6 compound _ _ 6 tiān tiān NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 amod _ _ 11 zuò zuò NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lín | | | | | with a falling zuò | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with zuò=Manner | | 2 | **fall** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «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:* What sounds wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:t4:2 # text = What sounds wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} zuò means tomorrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:t4:o1:1 # text = zuò means tomorrow 1 zuò zuò PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | zuò | | | | tomorrow | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, both tones mean yesterday ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:t4:o2:1 # text = Nothing, both tones mean yesterday 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 tones tone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Nothing | | | | yesterday | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} zuò falling is "sit, do", not yesterday ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:t4:o3:1 # text = zuò falling is "sit, do", not yesterday 1 zuò zuò ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 falling falling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | zuò falling | | | | yesterday | sit *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | zuò falling *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} zuò means today ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:t4:o4:1 # text = zuò means today 1 zuò zuò PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | zuò | | | | today | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | **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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