--- title: Without knowing a word, how can you tell an insult is happening? — Words that hurt — what they mean, neve… · tree and pragmatics description: Without knowing a word, how can you tell an insult is happening? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» 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/24-words-that-hurt/t3/) [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/) / [Words that hurt — what they mean, neve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said Without knowing a word, how can you tell an insult is happening? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, knowing · **What happens:** know, tell, happen · **To what, where:** word, insult · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» 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/24-words-that-hurt/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t3:1 # text = Without knowing a word, how can you tell an insult is happening? 1 Without without SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 csubj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 insult insult NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | gerund | | a word | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | you | a insult | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent insult=Recipient | | 3 | **happen** | present · progressive | knowing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Everyone is laughing and hugging each other tight ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t3:o1:1 # text = Everyone is laughing and hugging each other tight 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 laughing laugh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 hugging hug VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 6 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 5 obj _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 fixed _ _ 8 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | Everyone | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hug** | gerund | Everyone *not said here* | each | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Angry face, spat-out word, crowd going quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t3:o2:1 # text = Angry face, spat-out word, crowd going quiet 1 Angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 spat spat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 out out NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 10 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | gerund | crowd *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Grannies smile and offer you more food ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t3:o3:1 # text = Grannies smile and offer you more food 1 Grannies grannie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 smile smile VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 offer offer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smile** | present | Grannies | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **offer** | present | Grannies *not said here* | more food | you | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal food=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} People bow and say xièxie ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t3:o4:1 # text = People bow and say xièxie 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bow bow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 xièxie xièxie NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bow** | present | People | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | People *not said here* | xièxie | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent xièxie=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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