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# Test 2 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said

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Lín's best friend grins "are you sick?" when Lín puts ketchup on rice. Is it a fight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** best friend grins, Lín, ketchup · **What happens:** be, put, grin · **To what, where:** ketchup, rice, fight

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» 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/24-words-that-hurt/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lín's best friend grins "are you sick?" when Lín puts ketchup on rice.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t2:1
# text = Lín's best friend grins "are you sick?" when Lín puts ketchup on rice.
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
4	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	grins	grin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
15	ketchup	ketchup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Lín's best friend grins |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | present | Lín | ketchup |  | rice |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ketchup=Theme on rice=Destination |
| 3 | **grin** |  | Lín |  |  |  |  |  | nom grin «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Is it a fight?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t2:2
# text = Is it a fight?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Probably a light "you're crazy!" between friends, but risky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t2:o1:1
# text = Probably a light "you're crazy!" between friends, but risky
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	risky	risky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a light |  |  |  |  | between friends; crazy, probably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | a light *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, he wants to go and die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, he wants to go and die
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **die** | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, he wants to take Lín to a doctor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t2:o3:1
# text = No, he wants to take Lín to a doctor
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | Lín |  | a doctor |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lín=Theme to doctor=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, it's always the worst insult, whoever says it and however

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, it's always the worst insult, whoever says it and however
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	however	however	ADV	RB	_	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | the worst insult |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | whoever | insult |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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