--- title: What would happen if you gave Ming's grandparents a gift of four pea… — Counting 1 to 10, on one hand · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you gave Ming's grandparents a gift of four pears? Test 4 of lesson 6 «Counting 1 to 10, on one hand» 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/6-counting-one-to-ten/t4/) [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/) / [Counting 1 to 10, on one hand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/6-counting-one-to-ten/) / t4 # Test 4 · Counting 1 to 10, on one hand What would happen if you gave Ming's grandparents a gift of four pears? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, give, gift · **To what, where:** grandparents, four pears This is test 4 of lesson 6 «Counting 1 to 10, on one hand» 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/6-counting-one-to-ten/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:t4:1 # text = What would happen if you gave Ming's grandparents a gift of four pears? 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 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 grandparents grandparent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 pears pear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? 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 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | Ming's grandparents | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent grandparent=Recipient gift=Theme | | 3 | **gift** | | | four pears | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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} Some might see it as unlucky, because of sì ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:t4:o1:1 # text = Some might see it as unlucky, because of sì 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 unlucky unlucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 10 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 sì sì NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | might | Some | it | | | | as unlucky; because sì | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus as unlucky=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} It means «I love you» ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:t4:o2:1 # text = It means «I love you» 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **love** *in a quote* | present | I | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, four is the luckiest number ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:t4:o3:1 # text = Nothing, four is the luckiest number 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 appos _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 luckiest lucky ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Nothing | the luckiest number | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They would think it very lucky and say thanks ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:t4:o4:1 # text = They would think it very lucky and say thanks 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | They | it | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | They *not said here* | thanks | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic | **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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