--- title: What would happen if you answered every question with hǎo? — Yes and no — there is no single word · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you answered every question with hǎo? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 4 «Yes and no — there is no single word» 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/4-yes-and-no/t11/) [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/) / [Yes and no — there is no single word](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Yes and no — there is no single word What would happen if you answered every question with hǎo? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, answer · **To what, where:** question This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 4 «Yes and no — there is no single word» 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/4-yes-and-no/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t11:1 # text = What would happen if you answered every question with hǎo? 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 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 hǎo hǎo X FW Foreign=Yes 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | every question | | | | with hǎo | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Sometimes it fits, but often it would sound odd or wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t11:o1:1 # text = Sometimes it fits, but often it would sound odd or wrong 1 Sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fits fit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 often often ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fit** | present | it | | | | | sometimes *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sound** | would | it | | | | | odd, often *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is perfect Chinese ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t11:o2:1 # text = It is perfect Chinese 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | chinese *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} People would think you had said goodbye and were leaving now ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t11:o3:1 # text = People would think you had said goodbye and were leaving now 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 7 goodbye goodbye NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | People | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | you | goodbye | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **leave** | past · progressive | you *not said here* | | | | now | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Everyone would think you are angry ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t11:o4:1 # text = Everyone would think you are angry 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | Everyone | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | angry *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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