--- title: What would happen if Ming answered your duìbuqǐ with «méi guānxi»? — Thank you, sorry, excuse me · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if Ming answered your duìbuqǐ with «méi guānxi»? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 3 «Thank you, sorry, excuse me» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [Thank you, sorry, excuse me](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Thank you, sorry, excuse me What would happen if Ming answered your duìbuqǐ with «méi guānxi»? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ming · **What happens:** happen, answer · **To what, where:** duìbuqǐ This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 3 «Thank you, sorry, excuse me» 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/3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t5:1 # text = What would happen if Ming answered your duìbuqǐ with «méi guānxi»? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 duìbuqǐ duìbuqǐ NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 méi méi X FW _ 12 flat:foreign _ _ 12 guānxi guānxi X FW Foreign=Yes 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Ming | your duìbuqǐ | | | | with méi guānxi | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent duìbuqǐ=Eventuality | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He is saying he has connections ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t5:o1:1 # text = He is saying he has connections 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 connections connection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | present | he | connections | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connection=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} All good: it means never mind ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t5:o2:1 # text = All good: it means never mind 1 All all ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 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 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **mind** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} He is refusing to forgive you yet ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t5:o3:1 # text = He is refusing to forgive you yet 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 yet yet ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | present · progressive | He | | | | yet | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **forgive** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | you | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He is politely asking you to leave ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t5:o4:1 # text = He is politely asking you to leave 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 politely politely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · progressive | He | | you | | | politely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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