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title: «sod off, I'm not saying bù hǎoyìsi for being late, it's just 2 min»… — Thank you, sorry, excuse me · tree and pragmatics
description: «sod off, I'm not saying bù hǎoyìsi for being late, it's just 2 min» What does bù hǎoyìsi do? Test 9 · ★ 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 righ
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# Test 9 · ★ · Thank you, sorry, excuse me

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«sod off, I'm not saying bù hǎoyìsi for being late, it's just 2 min» What does bù hǎoyìsi do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, hǎoyìsi · **What happens:** not say, be, do · **To what, where:** hǎoyìsi, 2 min · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t9:1
# text = «sod off, I'm not saying bù hǎoyìsi for being late, it's just 2 min» What does bù hǎoyìsi do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sod	sod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
9	bù	bù	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	hǎoyìsi	hǎoyìsi	NOUN	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
13	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	min	minute	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
21	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	25	obj	_	_
22	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
23	bù	bù	ADP	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
24	hǎoyìsi	hǎoyìsi	NOUN	FW	Foreign=Yes	25	dep	_	_
25	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | hǎoyìsi |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hǎoyìsi=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | hǎoyìsi | 2 min |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is a big, serious apology for a crime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t9:o1:1
# text = It is a big, serious apology for a crime
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a big serious apology |  |  |  | for a crime | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a thank you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t9:o2:1
# text = It is a thank you
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	thank	thank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a small, soft sorry for small slips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t9:o3:1
# text = It is a small, soft sorry for small slips
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	slips	slip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for small slips; sorry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:3-thank-you-sorry-excuse-me:t9:o4:1
# text = It is a goodbye
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	goodbye	goodbye	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 goodbye |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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