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description: In a game a pupil runs in shouting «xià kè!» as the bell rings for the first lesson. What should he have shouted? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 15 «School words» 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 wa
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# Test 7 · ★ · School words

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In a game a pupil runs in shouting «xià kè!» as the bell rings for the first lesson. What should he have shouted?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, bell · **What happens:** run, shout, ring · **To what, where:** game, xià

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 15 «School words» 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/15-school-words/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game a pupil runs in shouting «xià kè!» as the bell rings for the first lesson.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t7:1
# text = In a game a pupil runs in shouting «xià kè!» as the bell rings for the first lesson.
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	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	xià	xià	X	FW	_	8	obj	_	_
11	kè	kè	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	rings	ring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	21	amod	_	_
21	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | a pupil |  |  | a game |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in game=Trajectory |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | a pupil *not said here* | xià |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent xià=Topic |
| 3 | **ring** | present | the bell |  |  |  |  | for the first lesson | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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 should he have shouted?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t7:2
# text = What should he have shouted?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | should · perfect | pupil |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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wǒ wàng le!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t7:o1:1
# text = wǒ wàng le!
1	wǒ	wǒ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	flat:foreign	_	_
2	wàng	wàng	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	flat:foreign	_	_
3	le	le	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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shàng kè le!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t7:o2:1
# text = shàng kè le!
1	shàng	shàng	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	kè	kè	X	FW	_	3	compound	_	_
3	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shàng** | gerund |  | kè le |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yìbǎi fēn!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t7:o3:1
# text = yìbǎi fēn!
1	yìbǎi	yìbǎi	X	FW	_	0	root	_	_
2	fēn	fēn	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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lǎoshī hǎo, sitting down!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:15-school-words:t7:o4:1
# text = lǎoshī hǎo, sitting down!
1	lǎoshī	lǎoshī	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	nsubj	_	_
2	hǎo	hǎo	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit down** | gerund | lǎoshī |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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