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title: ugh it's chucking it down and mum says "bié chūqù le". what's she on… — Weather and what Granny says to wear · tree and pragmatics
description: ugh it's chucking it down and mum says "bié chūqù le". what's she on about? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 20 «Weather and what Granny says to wear» 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Weather and what Granny says to wear

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ugh it's chucking it down and mum says "bié chūqù le". what's she on about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, mum · **What happens:** chuck down, say, be · **To what, where:** it, bié chūqù le · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 20 «Weather and what Granny says to wear» 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/20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t8:1
# text = ugh it's chucking it down and mum says "bié chūqù le". what's she on about?
1	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	chucking	chuck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	bié	bié	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	chūqù	chūqù	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
20	about	about	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck down** | present · progressive | it | it |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | mum | bié chūqù le |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent le=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Don't go out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t8:o1:1
# text = Don't go out
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go out** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Go out and play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t8:o2:1
# text = Go out and play
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shut the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t8:o3:1
# text = Shut the window
1	Shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut** | imperative | you *not said here* | the window |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent window=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Take the dog out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear:t8:o4:1
# text = Take the dog out
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take out** | imperative | you *not said here* | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme |

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