--- title: Ming jumps out shouting «hēi!». What does he mean? — Colours · tree and pragmatics description: Ming jumps out shouting «hēi!». What does he mean? Test 7 of lesson 8 «Colours» 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/8-colours/t7/) [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/) / [Colours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/8-colours/) / t7 # Test 7 · Colours Ming jumps out shouting «hēi!». What does he mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ming · **What happens:** jump out, shout, mean · **To what, where:** hēi This is test 7 of lesson 8 «Colours» 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/8-colours/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ming jumps out shouting «hēi!». ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t7:1 # text = Ming jumps out shouting «hēi!». 1 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumps jump VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 hēi hēi X FW Foreign=Yes 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump out** | present | Ming | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | Ming *not said here* | hēi | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hēi=Topic | 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:* What does he mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t7:2 # text = What does he mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Ming | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It's dark! ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t7:o1:1 # text = It's dark! 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | dark *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A cheeky «hey!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t7:o2:1 # text = A cheeky «hey!» 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cheeky cheeky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 hey hey INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Goodbye! ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t7:o3:1 # text = Goodbye! 1 Goodbye goodbye 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} Black! ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:8-colours:t7:o4:1 # text = Black! 1 Black black 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. 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