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title: why does Lín's mum keep calling me hàixiū, i'm not even shy lol — Hungry, tired, shy, excited · tree and pragmatics
description: why does Lín's mum keep calling me hàixiū, i'm not even shy lol Test 6 · ★ 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 6 · ★ · Hungry, tired, shy, excited

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why does Lín's mum keep calling me hàixiū, i'm not even shy lol

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, i · **What happens:** be, keep, call, not be · **To what, where:** me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t6:1
# text = why does Lín's mum keep calling me hàixiū, i'm not even shy lol
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
7	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	xcomp	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	hàixiū	hàixiū	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
11	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
16	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | Lín's mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** | gerund | Lín's mum *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme hàixiū=Result |
| 4 | **not** **is** | present | i |  |  |  |  | shy *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Because she thinks you're ill and pale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t6:o1:1
# text = Because she thinks you're ill and pale
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Because hàixiū means "hungry child"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t6:o2:1
# text = Because hàixiū means "hungry child"
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	hàixiū	hàixiū	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	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | hàixiū | hungry child |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because hàixiū means "very polite boy"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t6:o3:1
# text = Because hàixiū means "very polite boy"
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	hàixiū	hàixiū	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	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You don't greet her; "āyí hǎo" fixes it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t6:o4:1
# text = You don't greet her; "āyí hǎo" fixes it
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	greet	greet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	āyí	āyí	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	nsubj	_	_
9	hǎo	hǎo	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
11	fixes	fix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **greet** *speech: greet* | present · do-support | You |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **fix** | present | āyí | it |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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