--- title: What would happen if you shouted «mà!» with a falling tone across th… — Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you shouted «mà!» with a falling tone across the flat? Test 6 of lesson 9 «Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters» 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/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/t6/) [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/) / [Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/) / t6 # Test 6 · Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters What would happen if you shouted «mà!» with a falling tone across the flat? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, shout, fall · **To what, where:** mà This is test 6 of lesson 9 «Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters» 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/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t6:1 # text = What would happen if you shouted «mà!» with a falling tone across the flat? 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 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 mà mà NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 amod _ _ 14 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 15 across across ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 flat flat NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | with a falling tone across the flat | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | mà | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mà=Topic | | 3 | **fall** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} Mum would come running at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t6:o1:1 # text = Mum would come running at once 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | would | Mum | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | gerund | Mum *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It would sound like «scold», not «mum» ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t6:o2:1 # text = It would sound like «scold», not «mum» 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 scold scold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | would | It | mum | | | | like scold | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It means «eight» ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t6:o3:1 # text = It means «eight» 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 `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | eight | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eight=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} It means «dad», so dad would come running ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t6:o4:1 # text = It means «dad», so dad would come running 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 `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 11 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | dad | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Topic | | 2 | **come** | would | dad | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **run** | gerund | dad *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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