--- title: «my new teacher is SO lìhai» Ming groans. What does he probably mean? — Street chatter: wow, really?, cool! · tree and pragmatics description: «my new teacher is SO lìhai» Ming groans. What does he probably mean? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 30 «Street chatter: wow, really?, cool!» 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/30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool/t5/) [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/) / [Street chatter: wow, really?, cool!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Street chatter: wow, really?, cool! «my new teacher is SO lìhai» Ming groans. What does he probably mean? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lìhai · **What happens:** groan, mean This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 30 «Street chatter: wow, really?, cool!» 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/30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «my new teacher is SO lìhai» Ming groans. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t5:1 # text = «my new teacher is SO lìhai» Ming groans. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 SO so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 lìhai lìhai X FW Foreign=Yes 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 groans groan VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **groan** | present | lìhai | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does he probably mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t5:2 # text = What does he probably mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 probably probably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | lìhai | | | | | probably *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} She's very kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t5:o1:1 # text = She's very kind 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} She's very small ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t5:o2:1 # text = She's very small 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She's strict and fierce ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t5:o3:1 # text = She's strict and fierce 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | strict *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | She *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} She's amazing at maths ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t5:o4:1 # text = She's amazing at maths 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 amazing amazing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 maths math NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | maths | | amazing *property* | tree rules | **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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