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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Friendly teasing — when it's fun and when it stings

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Lín's mate calls a kid in Year 2 who can't read yet "bèndàn" in front of everyone. Friendly teasing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** call, not read · **To what, where:** kid, bèndàn, front · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 23 «Friendly teasing — when it's fun and when it stings» 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/23-friendly-teasing/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lín's mate calls a kid in Year 2 who can't read yet "bèndàn" in front of everyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t1:1
# text = Lín's mate calls a kid in Year 2 who can't read yet "bèndàn" in front of everyone.
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	flat	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
11	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
14	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	bèndàn	bèndàn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present | Lín's mate |  | a kid |  | in Year |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **read** | can |  | bèndàn |  | front of everyone | yet |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bèndàn=Topic |

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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:* Friendly teasing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t1:2
# text = Friendly teasing?
1	Friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	teasing	teasing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	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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Yes, it means "little friend"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, it means "little friend"
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	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 | it | little friend |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Topic |

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

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No, to a struggling younger kid it's rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t1:o2:1
# text = No, to a struggling younger kid it's rude
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	struggling	struggle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	amod	_	_
6	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **struggle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | kid |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, it means a scaredy-cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t1:o3:1
# text = No, it means a scaredy-cat
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	scaredy	scaredy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, bèndàn is always friendly, whoever hears it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, bèndàn is always friendly, whoever hears it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bèndàn	bèndàn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | bèndàn |  |  |  |  | always, friendly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | present | whoever | bèndàn |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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