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title: Lín falls off his bike, laughs and gets up fine, and you say "xiào s… — Friendly teasing — when it's fun and w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lín falls off his bike, laughs and gets up fine, and you say "xiào sǐ wǒ le". OK or not? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 of each option; 
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Friendly teasing — when it's fun and when it stings

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Lín falls off his bike, laughs and gets up fine, and you say "xiào sǐ wǒ le". OK or not?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lín, you · **What happens:** fall off, laugh, get up, say · **To what, where:** bike, xiào le · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lín falls off his bike, laughs and gets up fine, and you say "xiào sǐ wǒ le".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t9:1
# text = Lín falls off his bike, laughs and gets up fine, and you say "xiào sǐ wǒ le".
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	xiào	xiào	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	20	amod	_	_
18	sǐ	sǐ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	17	flat:foreign	_	_
19	wǒ	wǒ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	17	flat:foreign	_	_
20	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | present | Lín | Lín's bike |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient bike=Extent |
| 2 | **laugh** | present | Lín *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get up** | present | Lín *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | xiào le |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent le=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:* OK or not?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t9:2
# text = OK or not?
1	OK	ok	INTJ	UH	_	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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Not OK, it's a swear word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t9:o1:1
# text = Not OK, it's a swear word
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	OK	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	swear	swear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a OK swear word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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OK if he's fine and laughing too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t9:o2:1
# text = OK if he's fine and laughing too
1	OK	ok	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Never OK, it means "die"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t9:o3:1
# text = Never OK, it means "die"
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
2	OK	ok	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	die	die	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **not** **mean** | present | it | die |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent die=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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OK even if he's badly hurt and crying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:23-friendly-teasing:t9:o4:1
# text = OK even if he's badly hurt and crying
1	OK	ok	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · passive | he |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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