--- title: Your mum, a big gamer back in the day, says "be gung ho, charge in!"… — Mandarin compared with English · tree and pragmatics description: Your mum, a big gamer back in the day, says "be gung ho, charge in!" What does she mean in English today? 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What does she mean in English today? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, gamer · **What happens:** say, gung, charge, mean · **To what, where:** ho · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 34 «Mandarin compared with English» of the language 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/language/34-mandarin-compared-with-english/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your mum, a big gamer back in the day, says "be gung ho, charge in!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:34-mandarin-compared-with-english:t5:1 # text = Your mum, a big gamer back in the day, says "be gung ho, charge in!" 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 gamer gamer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 gung gung VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 16 ho ho NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 charge charge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 19 in in ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ! ! PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Your mum and a big gamer | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **gung** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | ho | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **charge** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «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. *Sentence 2:* What does she mean in English today? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:34-mandarin-compared-with-english:t5:2 # text = What does she mean in English today? 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 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | gamer | | | | today | in English | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot what=Theme in english=Attribute | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Be very eager, maybe too eager ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:34-mandarin-compared-with-english:t5:o1:1 # text = Be very eager, maybe too eager 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | eager *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | you *not said here* | | | | | maybe *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Go home now ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:34-mandarin-compared-with-english:t5:o2:1 # text = Go home now 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | now | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Work in total silence ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:34-mandarin-compared-with-english:t5:o3:1 # text = Work in total silence 1 Work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Be very careful and slow ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:34-mandarin-compared-with-english:t5:o4:1 # text = Be very careful and slow 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | **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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