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title: «his granny said I got thin, then fed me like 4 bowls» Why? — Talking to the friend's grandparents · tree and pragmatics
description: «his granny said I got thin, then fed me like 4 bowls» Why? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · Talking to the friend's grandparents

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«his granny said I got thin, then fed me like 4 bowls» Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** granny · **What happens:** say, get, feed · **To what, where:** granny · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t8:1
# text = «his granny said I got thin, then fed me like 4 bowls» Why?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	bowls	bowl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
16	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | his granny |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | his granny *= granny* |  |  |  |  | thin *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **feed** *in a quote* | past | his granny *not said here* |  | his granny *= granny* |  | then | like 4 bowls | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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nǐ shòu le is worry, so she fed you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t8:o1:1
# text = nǐ shòu le is worry, so she fed you
1	nǐ	nǐ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	nsubj	_	_
2	shòu	shòu	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	le	le	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	compound	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | le worry |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feed** | past | nǐ |  | you |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means you're greedy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t8:o2:1
# text = It means you're greedy
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | greedy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It means go home now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t8:o3:1
# text = It means go home now
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  | now | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She thought you were rich and could pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t8:o4:1
# text = She thought you were rich and could pay
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | you |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay** | could | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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