--- title: You meant "I'm bored" but said "nǐ zhēn wúliáo" to Lín. What did he… — Happy, angry, bored, scared · tree and pragmatics description: You meant "I'm bored" but said "nǐ zhēn wúliáo" to Lín. What did he hear? 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What did he hear? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, I, Lín · **What happens:** mean, be, say, hear · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 of lesson 16 «Happy, angry, bored, scared» 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/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You meant "I'm bored" but said "nǐ zhēn wúliáo" to Lín. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:t3:1 # text = You meant "I'm bored" but said "nǐ zhēn wúliáo" to Lín. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|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 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 nǐ nǐ X FW Foreign=Yes 12 flat _ _ 12 zhēn zhēn X FW Foreign=Yes 9 ccomp _ _ 13 wúliáo wúliáo X FW Foreign=Yes 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Lín Lín PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | You | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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:* What did he hear? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:t3:2 # text = What did he hear? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hear hear 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 | **hear** | past · do-support | Lín | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} You're so boring ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:t3:o1:1 # text = You're so boring 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | boring *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} You're so funny ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:t3:o2:1 # text = You're so funny 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | funny *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} I'm so bored ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:t3:o3:1 # text = I'm so bored 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Let's play something ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:t3:o4:1 # text = Let's play something 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | 's | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **play** | infinitive | 's *not said here* | something | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | **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. 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