--- title: «ming's grandad keeps saying study hard, every single time, so annoy… — Talking to the friend's grandparents · tree and pragmatics description: «ming's grandad keeps saying study hard, every single time, so annoying» What's the best reply? Test 3 · ★ 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 cho --- [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/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/) / [Talking to the friend's grandparents](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Talking to the friend's grandparents «ming's grandad keeps saying study hard, every single time, so annoying» What's the best reply? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grandad · **What happens:** keep, say, be · **To what, where:** study, best reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 29 «Talking to the friend's grandparents» 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/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t3:1 # text = «ming's grandad keeps saying study hard, every single time, so annoying» What's the best reply? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ming ming NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 grandad grandad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 11 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 annoying annoying ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | ming's grandad | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | ming's grandad *not said here* | study | | | time | hard *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent study=Topic | | 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | | the best reply | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Just say hǎo de, don't argue ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t3:o1:1 # text = Just say hǎo de, don't argue 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hǎo hǎo X FW Foreign=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 argue argue VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | hǎo | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hǎo=Topic | | 2 | **not** **argue** *speech: disagree* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Tell him you already did all your homework ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t3:o2:1 # text = Tell him you already did all your homework 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | you | your homework | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Say bù xíng ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t3:o3:1 # text = Say bù xíng 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 bù bù X FW Foreign=Yes 3 amod _ _ 3 xíng xíng NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | bù xíng | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent xíng=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ignore him ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t3:o4:1 # text = Ignore him 1 Ignore ignore VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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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