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title: Happy, angry, bored, scared — how Mova does on the tests · Chinese street
description: Lesson 16 of the chinese street course of Mova's primary school: 9 of 11 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Happy, angry, bored, scared

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**Tests:** 9 of 11 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 16 of the chinese street course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/).

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### Test 1 · right ✓ {#t1}

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my mate says "qì sǐ wǒ le" means someone actually died. right?

- **1.** Yes, it means someone in the house has died — no support
- **2.** No, it's a dramatic "it's driving me mad" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Yes, it means "I'm dead tired" — no support
- **4.** No, it means "I'm so happy" — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 9: «"qì sǐ wǒ le" is a dramatic "it's driving me mad!"; sǐ (death) is used for "really, really", as in "lèi sǐ le", dead tired.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wǒ le» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/t1/)

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### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2}

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Lín yells "tǎoyàn!" with a straight cold face, not laughing, at a boy who keeps pushing him. What does it mean this time?

- **1.** Real dislike: "I can't stand you" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** "Thank you very much" — no support
- **3.** A friendly "stop it, you!" — no support
- **4.** "I'm bored, let's play" — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/t2/)

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### Test 3 · right ✓ {#t3}

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You meant "I'm bored" but said "nǐ zhēn wúliáo" to Lín. What did he hear?

- **1.** You're so boring — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** You're so funny — no support
- **3.** I'm so bored — no support
- **4.** Let's play something — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/t3/)

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### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4}

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In a cartoon a boy shouts "wǒ xǐhuan nǐ!" to his best mate in front of the class and everyone giggles. Why?

- **1.** It is a swear word in Chinese, a really bad one — no support
- **2.** It means "I'm hungry, give me your lunch" — no support
- **3.** It means "I don't like you" — score 0
- **4.** It sounds like a crush; mates say "good friend" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 14: «Lǎo Lǐ (old Li, said «láo lǐ» because of the two dips) is a warm name grown-ups use for a man their age or older; a child calls him Lǐ shūshu (Uncle Li).», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «lǎo» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/t4/)

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### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5}

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Lín is cross after losing at cards. What's the first step to making up?

- **1.** Say "nǐ zhēn wúliáo" — no support
- **2.** Say "qì sǐ wǒ le" — score 5
- **3.** Say "bié shēngqì" and smile — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 14
- **4.** Say "hǎo xiànmù" — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 14, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 16, line 5: «When Lín looks sad, the kind thing is "zěnme le?" — what's up? — and when he's cross, "bié shēngqì", don't be cross.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «bié» (+4); the same thing acted on «shēngqì» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/t5/)

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### Test 6 · right ✓ {#t6}

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ugh scary film, my cousin's hiding behind the sofa and goes "wǒ hǎo pà". boys don't get scared, innit?

- **1.** Wrong, anyone gets scared; say "bié pà" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Wrong, it means he's angry — no support
- **3.** Right, only girls ever say "wǒ hǎo pà" — no support
- **4.** Right, it means he's bored of the film — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/t6/)

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### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7}

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Which pair is "happy, having fun" and "glad, a bit more grown-up"?

- **1.** kāixīn and gāoxìng — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** nánguò and shēngqì — no support
- **3.** wúliáo and tǎoyàn — no support
- **4.** xiànmù and jídù — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 6: «"kāixīn" (KIGH-shin) means happy, having fun, literally "open heart", and is the everyday word kids use.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «kāixīn» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/t7/)

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### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8}

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Lín's granny is in hospital. Which word fits how he feels?

- **1.** xīngfèn — no support
- **2.** nánguò — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** kāixīn — no support
- **4.** wúliáo — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 16, line 13: «"nánguò" means sad, literally "hard to get through"; it is the right word for a dead pet or a sick granny, and the kind answer is "zěnme le?".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «nánguò» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Your friend says "wǒ hǎo xiànmù nǐ" when you show your new trainers. Is he being nasty?

- **1.** No, he says he's bored — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** Yes, he says he hates you — score 8
- **3.** No, it's a friendly "I'm so jealous" — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yes, it's the nasty jealousy word, he's raging — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 9, line 4: «When Ming says «lái wǒ jiā wánr ba» (come and play at my house), jiā is both home and family, and the invitation is real.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «ming» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/t9/)

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### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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What would happen if you said "bù xǐhuan" loudly about the soup at Lín's table?

- **1.** Nothing, it means "thank you" — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** It would sound rude to his mum — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** His mum would give you more soup — no support
- **4.** Everyone would think you're full — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 17: «"tǎoyàn!" said laughing when teased means "stop it, you!"; said coldly about a person it really means "I can't stand you".», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/t10/)

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### Test 11 · right ✓ {#t11}

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Lín's sister mixes up kū and kǔ: "wǒ xiǎng kǔ". What did she nearly say?

- **1.** Something about a dog — score 2
- **2.** Something about a cow — score 2
- **3.** Something about bitter, not crying — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** Something about cool — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 2: «Ming's little sister never calls him «Ming»; she calls him gēge, like a title. Any big girl in the playground is jiějie to the little ones.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+2); the same doer «little sister» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the expression whereby a Mandarin-speaking child customarily signifies enjoyment, its literal sense being "open heart".

- **1.** shēngqì — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** kāixīn — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** wúliáo — no support
- **4.** nánguò — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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It is given that the phrase "qì sǐ wǒ le" contains the element sǐ. Select the statement that accurately characterises the function of that element.

- **1.** It denotes the death of the speaker, literally understood — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It renders the utterance a question — no support
- **3.** It intensifies the feeling and does not denote actual death — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It denotes the death of a third party — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the utterance "nǐ zhēn wúliáo" when directed at a person?

- **1.** It is a declaration that the speaker himself is bored — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is an invitation to play — no support
- **3.** It is a formal greeting — no support
- **4.** It is a disparaging remark meaning "you are so boring" — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Ascertain the appropriate response to a companion who declares "wǒ hǎo pà".

- **1.** tǎoyàn — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** bié pà — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** bié shēngqì — no support
- **4.** hǎo xiànmù — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/16-happy-angry-bored-scared/e4/)

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