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title: You stay in your seat on the bus while an old lady stands. How does… — Talking to the friend's grandparents · tree and pragmatics
description: You stay in your seat on the bus while an old lady stands. How does it look in a Chinese family? Test 5 · ★ 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 ch
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# Test 5 · ★ · Talking to the friend's grandparents

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You stay in your seat on the bus while an old lady stands. How does it look in a Chinese family?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, old lady, bus · **What happens:** stay, stand, look · **To what, where:** seat

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You stay in your seat on the bus while an old lady stands.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t5:1
# text = You stay in your seat on the bus while an old lady stands.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | You |  |  | your seat |  | on the bus | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in seat=Location |
| 2 | **stand** | present | a old lady |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* How does it look in a Chinese family?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t5:2
# text = How does it look in a Chinese family?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · do-support | bus |  |  |  |  | in a Chinese family | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in family=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fine, seats are first come, first served

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t5:o1:1
# text = Fine, seats are first come, first served
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
9	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · passive |  | Fine seats |  |  |  | first *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **serve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Polite, she likes standing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t5:o2:1
# text = Polite, she likes standing
1	Polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** *not said to happen* | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Normal, only adults give seats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t5:o3:1
# text = Normal, only adults give seats
1	Normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Normal adults | seats |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Rude: giving your seat is expected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t5:o4:1
# text = Rude: giving your seat is expected
1	Rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	expected	expect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **expect** | present · passive |  | your seat |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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