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title: «ming's mum shouted chī fàn le but i was mid game so i waited» What… — Dinner at the friend's house · tree and pragmatics
description: «ming's mum shouted chī fàn le but i was mid game so i waited» What should you have done? Test 1 of lesson 11 «Dinner at the friend's house» 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 1 · Dinner at the friend's house

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«ming's mum shouted chī fàn le but i was mid game so i waited» What should you have done?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, i, you · **What happens:** shout, be, wait, do · **To what, where:** chī, mid game

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This is test 1 of lesson 11 «Dinner at the friend's house» 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/11-dinner-at-the-friends-house/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t1:1
# text = «ming's mum shouted chī fàn le but i was mid game so i waited» What should you have done?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ming	ming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	chī	chī	X	GW	_	5	obj	_	_
7	fàn	fàn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	_	13	amod	_	_
13	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	obj	_	_
19	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	aux	_	_
22	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | ming's mum | chī but mid game |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chī=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | i | mid game |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wait** *in a quote* | past | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | should · perfect | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shouted bú yào, so she knows you're busy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t1:o1:1
# text = Shouted bú yào, so she knows you're busy
1	Shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
2	bú	bú	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	obj	_	_
3	yào	yào	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | she *not said here* | bú |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bú=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Asked for dinner in your room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t1:o2:1
# text = Asked for dinner in your room
1	Asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | participle |  |  |  | your room |  | for dinner | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Gone at once; waiting to be called twice is rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t1:o3:1
# text = Gone at once; waiting to be called twice is rude
1	Gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
9	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	advmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **is** | present | waiting |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Waited, it's polite to finish whatever you're doing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:11-dinner-at-the-friends-house:t1:o4:1
# text = Waited, it's polite to finish whatever you're doing
1	Waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **finish** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **do** | present · progressive | you | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality |

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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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