--- title: On a sleepover Lín's cousin cries quietly and says "xiǎng jiā". What… — Hungry, tired, shy, excited · tree and pragmatics description: On a sleepover Lín's cousin cries quietly and says "xiǎng jiā". What's the kind thing? Test 11 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [Hungry, tired, shy, excited](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Hungry, tired, shy, excited On a sleepover Lín's cousin cries quietly and says "xiǎng jiā". What's the kind thing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, kind thing · **What happens:** cry, say, xiǎng, be · **To what, where:** sleepover · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* On a sleepover Lín's cousin cries quietly and says "xiǎng jiā". ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t11:1 # text = On a sleepover Lín's cousin cries quietly and says "xiǎng jiā". 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sleepover sleepover NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 Lín Lín PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 xiǎng xiǎng VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 ccomp _ _ 13 jiā jiā NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | Lín's cousin | | | a sleepover | | quietly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sleepover=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lín's cousin *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **xiǎng** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | 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's the kind thing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t11:2 # text = What's the kind thing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the kind thing | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Call him a baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t11:o1:1 # text = Call him a baby 1 Call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Eat his snacks ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t11:o2:1 # text = Eat his snacks 1 Eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 snacks snack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | his snacks | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Comfort him; maybe ring his parents ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t11:o3:1 # text = Comfort him; maybe ring his parents 1 Comfort comfort VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 ring ring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comfort** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 2 | **ring** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his parents | | | | maybe *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location parent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tell him to shut up and sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t11:o4:1 # text = Tell him to shut up and sleep 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **shut up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sleep** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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