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title: Hungry, tired, shy, excited — how Mova does on the tests · Chinese street
description: Lesson 17 of the chinese street course of Mova's primary school: 1 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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# Hungry, tired, shy, excited

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**Tests:** 1 of 11 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 4 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 17 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/).

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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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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my mate said "wǒ é le" with his voice going up and Lín cracked up. why?

- **1.** é rising is a rude word you never say at home — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** é rising is "goose", so he said "I'm a goose" — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** é rising means "I'm thirsty" — no support
- **4.** Lín was just being mean — 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Lín's cousin says lèi and kùn are exactly the same word. Right?

- **1.** No: lèi is hungry, kùn is thirsty — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No: lèi is worn out, kùn is sleepy — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, but kùn is ruder — no support
- **4.** Yes, both just mean tired, any time — 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Lín has just woken up after ten hours' sleep and then runs a cross-country race. Which does he say at the finish?

- **1.** wǒ lèi le — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** wǒ kùn le — score 5
- **3.** wǒ hàixiū — score 5
- **4.** wǒ xiǎng jiā — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 17, line 11: «"jǐnzhāng" means nervous or tense, before a test or a race; a close match can also be jǐnzhāng, and friends say "bié jǐnzhāng, jiāyóu!".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friends» (+3); the same action «say» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Lín's dad keeps checking the clock at the hospital while Granny is seen. Lín whispers "bàba hěn zháojí". Is Dad cross with Lín?

- **1.** Yes, zháojí means furious — score 4
- **2.** No, he's anxious, not angry — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, he's cross with the doctor — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **4.** No, he's bored — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 4 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 the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «lín» (+4); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Lín says "wǒ méi shì" but his eyes are red and he won't look at you. What should you do?

- **1.** Tell everyone he's crying — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** Laugh, he's being a baby — no support
- **3.** Stay with him and ask gently — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Believe him and go off to play — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 11: «"jǐnzhāng" means nervous or tense, before a test or a race; a close match can also be jǐnzhāng, and friends say "bié jǐnzhāng, jiāyóu!".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «say» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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why does Lín's mum keep calling me hàixiū, i'm not even shy lol

- **1.** Because she thinks you're ill and pale — no support
- **2.** Because hàixiū means "hungry child" — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Because hàixiū means "very polite boy" — score 4
- **4.** You don't greet her; "āyí hǎo" fixes it — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 17, line 12: «"hàixiū" means shy; grown-ups say "tā hàixiū" about a quiet child, and a quick "āyí hǎo" to the friend's mum stops them calling you that.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «hàixiū» (+2). The right option, 4, 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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The football final is 2–2 in the last minute. Lín's dad says "hǎo jǐnzhāng!". What does he mean?

- **1.** I'm so hungry! — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It's so boring! — no support
- **3.** It's so comfy! — no support
- **4.** It's so tense and exciting! — **✓ 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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In a cartoon a panda says "wǒ kě le" and is given a sandwich. What's wrong?

- **1.** kě means sleepy, he needed bed — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** kě means shy, he needed a hug — no support
- **3.** Nothing, kě means hungry — no support
- **4.** kě is thirsty, he needed a drink — **✓ 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Which word sits in kě le (thirsty), kěyǐ (may) and kě'ài (cute) — same sound, different jobs?

- **1.** kùn — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** è — no support
- **3.** kě — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** lèi — 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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What would happen if you told Lín's mum "wǒ è le" at teatime?

- **1.** She'd send you home at once — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** She'd happily give you something to eat — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** She'd think you were rude — no support
- **4.** She'd give you a glass of water only — 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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On a sleepover Lín's cousin cries quietly and says "xiǎng jiā". What's the kind thing?

- **1.** Call him a baby — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Eat his snacks — no support
- **3.** Comfort him; maybe ring his parents — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Tell him to shut up and sleep — 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/t11/)

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

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Identify the utterance whereby a speaker of Mandarin customarily signifies hunger.

- **1.** wǒ kùn le — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** wǒ lèi le — no support
- **3.** wǒ è le — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** wǒ kě le — 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/e1/)

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

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It is given that a pupil has slept adequately yet is physically exhausted following athletic exertion. Select the expression most consistent with the established distinction.

- **1.** wǒ kùn le — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** wǒ hàixiū — no support
- **3.** wǒ xiǎng jiā — no support
- **4.** wǒ lèi le — **✓ 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/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 term "zháojí" as applied to a parent?

- **1.** It denotes ungovernable fury directed at the child — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It denotes anxiety combined with haste, not anger — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It denotes shyness in company — no support
- **4.** It denotes drowsiness — 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/e3/)

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

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Ascertain the meaning of the expression "xiǎng jiā" as employed by a child residing temporarily away from home.

- **1.** A wish to purchase a house — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Homesickness, a longing for home — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A desire to eat at once — no support
- **4.** An intention to telephone a friend — 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/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/e4/)

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