--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Talking to the friend's grandparents · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term guāi? Exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Talking to the friend's grandparents» 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 wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/e4/) [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/) / [Talking to the friend's grandparents](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Talking to the friend's grandparents Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term guāi? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** term This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Talking to the friend's grandparents» 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/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:e4:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term guāi? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 guāi guāi X FW Foreign=Yes 10 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the term | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It denotes a dialect spoken by grandparents ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:e4:o1:1 # text = It denotes a dialect spoken by grandparents 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dialect dialect NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 grandparents grandparent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | a dialect | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dialect=Topic | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | | a dialect *not said here* | | | | by grandparents | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It denotes a respectful term for an elderly person ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:e4:o2:1 # text = It denotes a respectful term for an elderly person 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 respectful respectful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 elderly elderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | a respectful term | | | | for a elderly person | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot term=Theme for person=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} It denotes great physical height ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:e4:o3:1 # text = It denotes great physical height 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | great physical height | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot height=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It denotes good behaviour, a high commendation from an elder ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:e4:o4:1 # text = It denotes good behaviour, a high commendation from an elder 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 behaviour behaviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 commendation commendation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | good behaviour | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot behaviour=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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