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title: You tell Ming you met a famous footballer and he says «bù huì ba!».… — Street chatter: wow, really?, cool! · tree and pragmatics
description: You tell Ming you met a famous footballer and he says «bù huì ba!». Is he refusing something? Test 3 · ★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★ · Street chatter: wow, really?, cool!

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You tell Ming you met a famous footballer and he says «bù huì ba!». Is he refusing something?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, Ming · **What happens:** tell, meet, say, refuse · **To what, where:** Ming, famous footballer, bù huì ba, something · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You tell Ming you met a famous footballer and he says «bù huì ba!».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t3:1
# text = You tell Ming you met a famous footballer and he says «bù huì ba!».
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	footballer	footballer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	bù	bù	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	15	amod	_	_
14	huì	huì	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	15	amod	_	_
15	ba	ba	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | You |  | Ming |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent ming=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **meet** | past | you | a famous footballer |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footballer=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ming | bù huì ba |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ba=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:* Is he refusing something?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t3:2
# text = Is he refusing something?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	refusing	refuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | present · progressive | Ming | something |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, he won't believe you ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, he won't believe you ever
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **believe** | future | he | you |  |  | ever |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, he won't play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, he won't play
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **play** | future | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it means he's bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t3:o3:1
# text = No, it means he's bored
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, it's disbelief: no way!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool:t3:o4:1
# text = No, it's disbelief: no way!
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	disbelief	disbelief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | disbelief and no way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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