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title: In a cartoon a boy offers to carry Granny's bags, she says «bú yòng!… — Talking to the friend's grandparents · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a boy offers to carry Granny's bags, she says «bú yòng!», and he shrugs and goes. What would a good guest do? Test 7 · ★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★ · Talking to the friend's grandparents

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In a cartoon a boy offers to carry Granny's bags, she says «bú yòng!», and he shrugs and goes. What would a good guest do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, Granny, good guest · **What happens:** offer, carry, say, yòng, shrug, go · **To what, where:** cartoon, bags · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a boy offers to carry Granny's bags, she says «bú yòng!», and he shrugs and goes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t7:1
# text = In a cartoon a boy offers to carry Granny's bags, she says «bú yòng!», and he shrugs and goes.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	bú	bú	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	yòng	yòng	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	shrugs	shrug	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | present | a boy |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a boy *not said here* | Granny's bags |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Granny |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **yòng** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **shrug** | present | boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **go** | present | boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* What would a good guest do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t7:2
# text = What would a good guest do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | would | a good guest |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Tell her she's too old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t7:o1:1
# text = Tell her she's too old
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Take her bags without asking ever again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t7:o2:1
# text = Take her bags without asking ever again
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Theme bag=Destination |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shrug and go, she said no

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t7:o3:1
# text = Shrug and go, she said no
1	Shrug	shrug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | infinitive | Shrug *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Shrug |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic |

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

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Offer again and help anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t7:o4:1
# text = Offer again and help anyway
1	Offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **help** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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