--- title: «xiexie is like zee-zee right, sounds like cheese» Which is right? — Thank you, sorry, excuse me · tree and pragmatics description: «xiexie is like zee-zee right, sounds like cheese» Which is right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Thank you, sorry, excuse me» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me/t1/) [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/) / [Thank you, sorry, excuse me](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Thank you, sorry, excuse me «xiexie is like zee-zee right, sounds like cheese» Which is right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** xiexie, cheese · **What happens:** be, sound This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Thank you, sorry, excuse me» 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/3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t1:1 # text = «xiexie is like zee-zee right, sounds like cheese» Which is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 xiexie xiexie NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 zee zee NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 zee zee NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 8 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | xiexie | | | | | like zee zee; right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sound** *in a quote* | present | xiexie *not said here* | | | | | like cheese | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | present | cheese | | | | | right *property* | 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 {#o1} Yes, and it means cheese ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t1:o1:1 # text = Yes, and it means cheese 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | cheese | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, exactly like zee-zee ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t1:o2:1 # text = Yes, exactly like zee-zee 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 zee zee NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 zee zee NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} No, it is said SHAY-SHAY, both falling ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t1:o3:1 # text = No, it is said SHAY-SHAY, both falling 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 SHAY SHAY PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 SHAY SHAY PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **fall** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, it sounds like SHYEH-shyeh ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t1:o4:1 # text = No, it sounds like SHYEH-shyeh 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 SHYEH SHYEH PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 shyeh shyeh NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | present | it | | | | | like SHYEH shyeh | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | **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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