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title: In a game a character greets the emperor with «hāi, bāibāi!». What i… — Hello and goodbye: the first words at… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a game a character greets the emperor with «hāi, bāibāi!». What is off? Test 11 of lesson 1 «Hello and goodbye: the first words at the gate» 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.
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# Test 11 · Hello and goodbye: the first words at the gate

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In a game a character greets the emperor with «hāi, bāibāi!». What is off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** character · **What happens:** greet · **To what, where:** emperor, game

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This is test 11 of lesson 1 «Hello and goodbye: the first words at the gate» 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/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game a character greets the emperor with «hāi, bāibāi!».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate:t11:1
# text = In a game a character greets the emperor with «hāi, bāibāi!».
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	greets	greet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	hāi	hāi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bāibāi	bāibāi	NOUN	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | present | a character |  | the emperor | a game |  | with hāi | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Theme |

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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 is off?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate:t11:2
# text = What is off?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing, both are formal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate:t11:o1:1
# text = Nothing, both are formal
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | both |  |  |  |  | formal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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bāibāi is the hello for emperors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate:t11:o2:1
# text = bāibāi is the hello for emperors
1	bāibāi	bāibāi	NOUN	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hello	hello	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	emperors	emperor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Both are casual English loans, and one of them is goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate:t11:o3:1
# text = Both are casual English loans, and one of them is goodbye
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	casual	casual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	loans	loan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Both | casual English loans and one goodbye |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Both *not said here* | one goodbye |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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hāi means «long live»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate:t11:o4:1
# text = hāi means «long live»
1	hāi	hāi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | hāi |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **live** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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