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title: What would happen if you started eating before Ming's grandad? — Talking to the friend's grandparents · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if you started eating before Ming's grandad? Test 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Talking to the friend's grandparents

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What would happen if you started eating before Ming's grandad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, start, eat

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t4:1
# text = What would happen if you started eating before Ming's grandad?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **start** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | before Ming's grandad |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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Grandad would be pleased

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t4:o1:1
# text = Grandad would be pleased
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | Grandad |  |  |  |  | pleased *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You'd get a red envelope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t4:o2:1
# text = You'd get a red envelope
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	envelope	envelope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | You | a red envelope |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer envelope=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It'd look rude; children wait for the eldest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t4:o3:1
# text = It'd look rude; children wait for the eldest
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | would | It |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **wait** | present | children |  |  |  |  | for the eldest | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, kids always eat first in Chinese homes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t4:o4:1
# text = Nothing, kids always eat first in Chinese homes
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Nothing kids |  |  | Chinese homes |  | always, first *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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