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title: Lín's mate trips and is really crying with a cut knee. Someone shout… — Friendly teasing — when it's fun and w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lín's mate trips and is really crying with a cut knee. Someone shouts "àikūguǐ!". What's the right move? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 23 «Friendly teasing — when it's fun and when it stings» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Friendly teasing — when it's fun and when it stings

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Lín's mate trips and is really crying with a cut knee. Someone shouts "àikūguǐ!". What's the right move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, Someone, right move · **What happens:** trip, cry, shout, be · **To what, where:** àikūguǐ

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lín's mate trips and is really crying with a cut knee.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t4:1
# text = Lín's mate trips and is really crying with a cut knee.
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	trips	trip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	cut	cut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** | present | Lín's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | present · progressive | Lín's mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a cut knee | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with knee=Theme |

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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:* Someone shouts "àikūguǐ!".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t4:2
# text = Someone shouts "àikūguǐ!".
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	àikūguǐ	àikūguǐ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | Someone | àikūguǐ |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent àikūguǐ=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the right move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t4:3
# text = What's the right move?
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	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the right move |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Laugh and join in the name-calling, it's only a joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t4:o1:1
# text = Laugh and join in the name-calling, it's only a joke
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	calling	calling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **join** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the name calling | vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in calling=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | calling | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Help him; a crier needs help, not a name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t4:o2:1
# text = Help him; a crier needs help, not a name
1	Help	help	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	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crier	crier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  | a name *obl* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **need** | present | a crier | help |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shout "xiào sǐ wǒ le!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t4:o3:1
# text = Shout "xiào sǐ wǒ le!"
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	xiào	xiào	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
4	sǐ	sǐ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	obj	_	_
5	wǒ	wǒ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
6	le	le	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | xiào sǐ |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sǐ=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Walk away and play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t4:o4:1
# text = Walk away and play
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	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 | **walk away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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