--- title: What would happen if you shouted «kuài kǎn!» with a dipping tone? — Street chatter: wow, really?, cool! · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you shouted «kuài kǎn!» with a dipping tone? Test 6 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Street chatter: wow, really?, cool! What would happen if you shouted «kuài kǎn!» with a dipping tone? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, shout, dip This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t6:1 # text = What would happen if you shouted «kuài kǎn!» with a dipping tone? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 kuài kuài X FW Foreign=Yes 6 conj _ _ 9 kǎn kǎn X FW Foreign=Yes 8 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 dipping dip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 amod _ _ 15 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | with a dipping tone | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dip** | gerund | | | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} It would mean cow, so everyone would look for one ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t6:o1:1 # text = It would mean cow, so everyone would look for one 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | would | It | cow | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Topic | | 2 | **look** | would | everyone | | | | | for one | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for one=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It would mean cool ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t6:o2:1 # text = It would mean cool 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | would | It | | | | | cool *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, both mean look ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t6:o3:1 # text = Nothing, both mean look 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Nothing | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It'd sound like «quick, chop!», not «look!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t6:o4:1 # text = It'd sound like «quick, chop!», not «look!» 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 chop chop NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | would | It | | | | | like quick chop | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | 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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