--- title: A friend asks «zhè ge xíng ma?» (does this work?) about your Lego pl… — Yes and no — there is no single word · tree and pragmatics description: A friend asks «zhè ge xíng ma?» (does this work?) about your Lego plan. It does. What fits? 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What fits? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, this, your, plan · **What happens:** ask, work, plan, do, fit This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A friend asks «zhè ge xíng ma?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t7:1 # text = A friend asks «zhè ge xíng ma?» 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 zhè zhè ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 ge ge NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 xíng xíng NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 ma ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a friend | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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:* (does this work?) about your Lego plan. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t7:2 # text = (does this work?) about your Lego plan. 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 4 punct _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 Lego Lego PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present · do-support | this | | | | | about your Lego plan | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **plan** | | your | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | *Sentence 3:* It does. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t7:3 # text = It does. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | plan | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 4:* What fits? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t7:4 # text = What fits? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fits fit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fit** | present | | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} yǒu! ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t7:o1:1 # text = yǒu! 1 yǒu yǒu X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} yào! ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t7:o2:1 # text = yào! 1 yào yào X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} xíng! ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t7:o3:1 # text = xíng! 1 xíng xíng NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} shì! ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t7:o4:1 # text = shì! 1 shì shì NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. - ← previous: [Yes and no — there is no single word, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t6/) - next →: [Yes and no — there is no single word, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t8/) - ↑ back to [Yes and no — there is no single word](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/)