--- title: You boasted you'd win the race, then tripped. Ming laughs «gāi nǐ le… — In the playground: come on, your turn! · tree and pragmatics description: You boasted you'd win the race, then tripped. Ming laughs «gāi nǐ le!». What does he mean? 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What does he mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, Ming · **What happens:** boast, win, trip, laugh, mean · **To what, where:** race, nǐ le · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 of lesson 13 «In the playground: come on, your turn!» 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/13-in-the-playground/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You boasted you'd win the race, then tripped. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t2:1 # text = You boasted you'd win the race, then tripped. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 boasted boast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 tripped trip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boast** *speech: other* | past | You | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **win** | would | you | the race | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality | | 3 | **trip** | past | You *not said here* | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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:* Ming laughs «gāi nǐ le!». ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t2:2 # text = Ming laughs «gāi nǐ le!». 1 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 gāi gāi X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ _ 5 nǐ nǐ X FW _ 6 compound _ _ 6 le le NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | Ming | nǐ le | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What does he mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t2:3 # text = What does he mean? 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 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Ming | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It's your turn now ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t2:o1:1 # text = It's your turn now 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | your turn | | | now | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Well done, nice try ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t2:o2:1 # text = Well done, nice try 1 Well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 2 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 try try NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | participle | | nice try | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent try=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wait for me ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t2:o3:1 # text = Wait for me 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for me | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Serves you right! ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:13-in-the-playground:t2:o4:1 # text = Serves you right! 1 Serves serve NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. - ← previous: [In the playground: come on, your turn!, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/13-in-the-playground/t1/) - next →: [In the playground: come on, your turn!, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/13-in-the-playground/t3/) - ↑ back to [In the playground: come on, your turn!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/13-in-the-playground/)