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title: You arrive at Ming's for a sleepover at 7 in the evening and say wǎn… — Hello and goodbye: the first words at… · tree and pragmatics
description: You arrive at Ming's for a sleepover at 7 in the evening and say wǎn'ān to his mum. What went wrong? Test 2 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; 
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# Test 2 · Hello and goodbye: the first words at the gate

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You arrive at Ming's for a sleepover at 7 in the evening and say wǎn'ān to his mum. What went wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** arrive, say, go · **To what, where:** Ming, wǎn'ān, mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You arrive at Ming's for a sleepover at 7 in the evening and say wǎn'ān to his mum.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate:t2:1
# text = You arrive at Ming's for a sleepover at 7 in the evening and say wǎn'ān to his mum.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arrive	arrive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
16	wǎn'ān	wǎn'ān	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | present | You |  |  | Ming |  | for a sleepover; at 7 in the evening | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | You *not said here* | wǎn'ān | Ming's mum |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wǎn'ān=Topic to mum=Recipient |

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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 went wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate:t2:2
# text = What went wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, wǎn'ān is the usual good evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate:t2:o1:1
# text = Nothing, wǎn'ān is the usual good evening
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	wǎn'ān	wǎn'ān	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nothing wǎn'ān | the usual good evening |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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wǎn'ān means «I'm hungry»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate:t2:o2:1
# text = wǎn'ān means «I'm hungry»
1	wǎn'ān	wǎn'ān	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | wǎn'ān |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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wǎn'ān is only for babies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate:t2:o3:1
# text = wǎn'ān is only for babies
1	wǎn'ān	wǎn'ān	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | wǎn'ān |  |  |  |  | for babies | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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wǎn'ān is good night, for bedtime, not a hello

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate:t2:o4:1
# text = wǎn'ān is good night, for bedtime, not a hello
1	wǎn'ān	wǎn'ān	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hello	hello	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | wǎn'ān | good night and bedtime and a hello |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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