--- title: Identify the meaning of the Mandarin expression «lèi sǐ le», uttered… — Told you a hundred times: how other la… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the meaning of the Mandarin expression «lèi sǐ le», uttered by a person who has returned from work. 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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/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:e1:1 # text = Identify the meaning of the Mandarin expression «lèi sǐ le», uttered by a person who has returned from work. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Mandarin Mandarin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 lèi lèi X FW Foreign=Yes 11 dep _ _ 10 sǐ sǐ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 le le NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of the Mandarin expression sǐ le | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme | | 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | | sǐ le *not said here* | | | | by a person | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **return** | present · perfect | a person | | | work | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from work=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **mean** | | | the Mandarin expression sǐ le | | | | | nom meaning «communication 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 {#o1} That the speaker is unwell ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:e1:o1:1 # text = That the speaker is unwell 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 unwell unwell ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that speaker | | | | | unwell *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} That the speaker is exceedingly tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:e1:o2:1 # text = That the speaker is exceedingly tired 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 exceedingly exceedingly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that speaker | | | | | exceedingly, tired *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} That a death has occurred ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:e1:o3:1 # text = That a death has occurred 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 occurred occur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occur** | present · perfect · passive | | that death | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} That the speaker is angry ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:e1:o4:1 # text = That the speaker is angry 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that speaker | | | | | angry *property* | 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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