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title: ★★★ Tyler from Texas says «no cap, yí ge and yì tiān are typos for y… — Olympiad: tone detectives and number p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Tyler from Texas says «no cap, yí ge and yì tiān are typos for yī». What's really going on? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★

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★★★ Tyler from Texas says «no cap, yí ge and yì tiān are typos for yī». What's really going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tyler, cap · **What happens:** say, be, go on · **To what, where:** typos · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: tone detectives and number puzzles ★★★» 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/31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Tyler from Texas says «no cap, yí ge and yì tiān are typos for yī».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t5:1
# text = ★★★ Tyler from Texas says «no cap, yí ge and yì tiān are typos for yī».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Tyler	Tyler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	yí	yí	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	ge	ge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	yì	yì	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	tiān	tiān	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	typos	typo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	ccomp	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	yī	yī	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tyler  ★ ★ ★ from Texas |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | no cap | typos |  |  |  | for yī | tree rules |

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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's really going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t5:2
# text = What's really going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Southern kids just spell one differently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t5:o1:1
# text = Southern kids just spell one differently
1	Southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	spell	spell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | present | Southern kids | one |  |  |  | differently *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They're typos, he's bang on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t5:o2:1
# text = They're typos, he's bang on
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	typos	typo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | typos and bang |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  | bang |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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yī changes its tone to suit the next syllable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t5:o3:1
# text = yī changes its tone to suit the next syllable
1	yī	yī	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tone	tone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	suit	suit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	syllable	syllable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | yī | its tone |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tone=Patient |
| 2 | **suit** | to-infinitive | yī *not said here* | the next syllable |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **intonate** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom tone «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are two other words for one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles:t5:o4:1
# text = They are two other words for one
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | two other words |  |  |  | for one | tree rules |

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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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