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title: Lin: «my Mandarin is so mid, I'm never trying again lol». What's the… — Grandparents abroad and grandparents y… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lin: «my Mandarin is so mid, I'm never trying again lol». What's the better thought? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met

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Lin: «my Mandarin is so mid, I'm never trying again lol». What's the better thought?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Mandarin, I, better thought · **What happens:** lin, be, not try

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» of the everyday 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/everyday/513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lin: «my Mandarin is so mid, I'm never trying again lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t3:1
# text = Lin: «my Mandarin is so mid, I'm never trying again lol».
1	Lin	lin	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Mandarin	Mandarin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	parataxis	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lin** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my Mandarin |  |  |  |  | mid *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **try** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I |  |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the better thought?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t3:2
# text = What's the better thought?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the better thought |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Mandarin can't be learned outside China

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t3:o1:1
# text = Mandarin can't be learned outside China
1	Mandarin	Mandarin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | can · passive |  | Mandarin |  |  |  | outside China | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only perfect speakers should ever try

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t3:o2:1
# text = Only perfect speakers should ever try
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	speakers	speaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | should | perfect speakers |  |  |  | ever |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Trying matters more than getting it right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t3:o3:1
# text = Trying matters more than getting it right
1	Trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	nsubj	_	_
2	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **matter** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **get** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | right *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nainai will be cross with every mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t3:o4:1
# text = Nainai will be cross with every mistake
1	Nainai	Nainai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | Nainai |  |  |  |  | with every mistake; cross *property* | tree rules |

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