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title: ugh scary film, my cousin's hiding behind the sofa and goes "wǒ hǎo… — Happy, angry, bored, scared · tree and pragmatics
description: ugh scary film, my cousin's hiding behind the sofa and goes "wǒ hǎo pà". boys don't get scared, innit? Test 6 of lesson 16 «Happy, angry, bored, scared» 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 6 · Happy, angry, bored, scared

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ugh scary film, my cousin's hiding behind the sofa and goes "wǒ hǎo pà". boys don't get scared, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** scary film, boys · **What happens:** hide, go, not get, innit · **To what, where:** sofa, hǎo pà, scary film

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:t6:1
# text = ugh scary film, my cousin's hiding behind the sofa and goes "wǒ hǎo pà". boys don't get scared, innit?
1	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
9	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sofa	sofa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	wǒ	wǒ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	17	dep	_	_
16	hǎo	hǎo	X	FW	_	17	compound	_	_
17	pà	pà	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
20	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
21	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
23	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
24	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund | scary film 's my cousin *not said here* |  |  | the sofa |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind sofa=Location |
| 2 | **go** | present | scary film 's my cousin *not said here* | hǎo pà |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **get** | present · do-support | boys | scary film 's my cousin |  |  |  | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **innit** | infinitive | boys *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Wrong, anyone gets scared; say "bié pà"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:t6:o1:1
# text = Wrong, anyone gets scared; say "bié pà"
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	bié	bié	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pà	pà	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | anyone |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  | bié pà |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pà=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wrong, it means he's angry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:t6:o2:1
# text = Wrong, it means he's angry
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right, only girls ever say "wǒ hǎo pà"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:t6:o3:1
# text = Right, only girls ever say "wǒ hǎo pà"
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	wǒ	wǒ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	compound	_	_
9	hǎo	hǎo	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	flat:foreign	_	_
10	pà	pà	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | girls | wǒ pà |  |  | ever |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pà=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right, it means he's bored of the film

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:16-happy-angry-bored-scared:t6:o4:1
# text = Right, it means he's bored of the film
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	bored	bore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bore** | present · passive |  | he |  |  |  | of the film | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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