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title: Lín's cousin says lèi and kùn are exactly the same word. Right? — Hungry, tired, shy, excited · tree and pragmatics
description: Lín's cousin says lèi and kùn are exactly the same word. Right? Test 2 · ★ 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 2 · ★ · Hungry, tired, shy, excited

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Lín's cousin says lèi and kùn are exactly the same word. Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, kùn · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** lèi, same word · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lín's cousin says lèi and kùn are exactly the same word.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t2:1
# text = Lín's cousin says lèi and kùn are exactly the same word.
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	lèi	lèi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	kùn	kùn	X	FW	_	12	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lín's cousin | lèi and the same word |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lèi=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | kùn | the same word |  |  |  | exactly *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t2:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No: lèi is hungry, kùn is thirsty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t2:o1:1
# text = No: lèi is hungry, kùn is thirsty
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	lèi	lèi	NOUN	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	kùn	kùn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	thirsty	thirsty	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** | present | lèi |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | no hungry kùn |  |  |  |  | thirsty *property* | tree rules |

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

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No: lèi is worn out, kùn is sleepy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t2:o2:1
# text = No: lèi is worn out, kùn is sleepy
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lèi	lèi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	kùn	kùn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear out** | present · passive |  | no lèi |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **is** | present | kùn |  |  |  |  | sleepy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but kùn is ruder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, but kùn is ruder
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	kùn	kùn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	ruder	rude	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | kùn |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, both just mean tired, any time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, both just mean tired, any time
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | both |  |  |  | time | tired *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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