--- title: «zěnme le?» «méi shìr» — but your friend is crying. What's kind? — Street chatter: wow, really?, cool! · tree and pragmatics description: «zěnme le?» «méi shìr» — but your friend is crying. What's kind? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 30 «Street chatter: wow, really?, cool!» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool/t11/) [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/) / [Street chatter: wow, really?, cool!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Street chatter: wow, really?, cool! «zěnme le?» «méi shìr» — but your friend is crying. What's kind? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** méi shìr · **What happens:** cry, be This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 30 «Street chatter: wow, really?, cool!» 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/30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «zěnme le?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t11:1 # text = «zěnme le?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 zěnme zěnme ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 le le NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* «méi shìr» — but your friend is crying. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t11:2 # text = «méi shìr» — but your friend is crying. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 méi méi X FW _ 3 compound _ _ 3 shìr shìr NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 — - PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present · progressive | méi shìr | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What's kind? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t11:3 # text = What's kind? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Say «bù huì ba!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t11:o1:1 # text = Say «bù huì ba!» 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 bù bù X FW Foreign=Yes 5 amod _ _ 4 huì huì X FW Foreign=Yes 5 amod _ _ 5 ba ba NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | bù huì ba | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ba=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Believe him and run off to play ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t11:o2:1 # text = Believe him and run off to play 1 Believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **run off** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Laugh and say kù, to cheer him up a bit ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t11:o3:1 # text = Laugh and say kù, to cheer him up a bit 1 Laugh laugh VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 kù kù X FW Foreign=Yes 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 cheer cheer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | kù | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kù=Topic | | 3 | **cheer up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Stay with him and ask again gently ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t11:o4:1 # text = Stay with him and ask again gently 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 gently gently ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with him *= he* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | again | gently *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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