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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Friendly teasing — when it's fun and when it stings

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Lín's mate calls another boy "xiǎo pàngzi" every day at lunch. The boy goes quiet. Friendly or not?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, boy · **What happens:** call, go · **To what, where:** boy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lín's mate calls another boy "xiǎo pàngzi" every day at lunch.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t6:1
# text = Lín's mate calls another boy "xiǎo pàngzi" every day at lunch.
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	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	xiǎo	xiǎo	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	compound	_	_
9	pàngzi	pàngzi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Lín's mate | another boy |  |  | day | at lunch | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent boy=Theme at lunch=Stimulus |

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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:* The boy goes quiet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t6:2
# text = The boy goes quiet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | the boy |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Friendly or not?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t6:3
# text = Friendly or not?
1	Friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	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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Friendly, it means "healthy"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t6:o1:1
# text = Friendly, it means "healthy"
1	Friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	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	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	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 | Friendly | healthy |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent healthy=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Friendly, it's what grannies say

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t6:o2:1
# text = Friendly, it's what grannies say
1	Friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	1	parataxis	_	_
6	grannies	grannie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | grannies |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Not friendly, because it means "stupid"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t6:o3:1
# text = Not friendly, because it means "stupid"
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

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

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Not friendly: body teasing hurts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t6:o4:1
# text = Not friendly: body teasing hurts
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	teasing	teasing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present | friendly body teasing |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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