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title: my mate said "wǒ é le" with his voice going up and Lín cracked up. w… — Hungry, tired, shy, excited · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate said "wǒ é le" with his voice going up and Lín cracked up. why? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 17 «Hungry, tired, shy, excited» 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 · ★ · Hungry, tired, shy, excited

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my mate said "wǒ é le" with his voice going up and Lín cracked up. why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, voice, Lín · **What happens:** say, go up, crack up · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 17 «Hungry, tired, shy, excited» 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t1:1
# text = my mate said "wǒ é le" with his voice going up and Lín cracked up. why?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	wǒ	wǒ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	ccomp	_	_
6	é	é	ADV	FW	_	5	flat:foreign	_	_
7	le	le	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	up	up	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
19	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my mate |  |  |  |  | with mate's voice | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with voice=Manner |
| 2 | **go up** | gerund | mate's voice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **crack up** | past | Lín |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
é rising is a rude word you never say at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t1:o1:1
# text = é rising is a rude word you never say at home
1	é	é	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | é rising | a rude word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | a rude word *not said here* |  | home |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
é rising is "goose", so he said "I'm a goose"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t1:o2:1
# text = é rising is "goose", so he said "I'm a goose"
1	é	é	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | é rising | goose |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | goose |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | goose | a goose |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
é rising means "I'm thirsty"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t1:o3:1
# text = é rising means "I'm thirsty"
1	é	é	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | é rising |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | thirsty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lín was just being mean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t1:o4:1
# text = Lín was just being mean
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Lín |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |

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