Tasty! Spicy! I'm full!
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 12 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.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗
«the soup's hǎo chī» says your friend. What's the tiny slip?
- 1. hǎo chī means disgusting, so rude — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Nothing, everyone says it about soup — no support
- 3. Soups and drinks often get hǎo hē — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. hǎo chī is only for sweets — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 5: «hǎo chī («HOW CHR») means tasty, for food, and is the best thing to say to the cook; the reply is often duō chī diǎnr.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hǎo chī» (+4); the same action «mean» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your mouth is on fire from mapo tofu. What do you gasp?
- 1. màn man chī! — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. tài là le! — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. tài tián le! — no support
- 4. gānbēi! — no support
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
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
«ugh their nan keeps putting food in my bowl, so annoying» What's going on?
- 1. It's a test you must fail — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She thinks you're rude for not taking any of the food — no support
- 3. She wants you to eat up fast and leave — no support
- 4. It's love; she is honouring you with the best pieces — ✓ the right answer · no support
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
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if you said wǒ chī bǎo le just once and cleaned your plate?
- 1. Dinner ends at once and everyone stands up — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Granny may well fill your bowl again — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. They'd think you hated every dish — no support
- 4. You'd be sent home — no support
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
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ming's mum says màn man chī as you start. Is she calling you greedy?
- 1. Yes, eat more slowly, piggy — no support
- 2. No, it means «hurry up, we're late» — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Yes, she thinks you took too much — no support
- 4. No, it's a polite «enjoy your meal» — ✓ the right answer · score 4
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 12, line 5: «hǎo chī («HOW CHR») means tasty, for food, and is the best thing to say to the cook; the reply is often duō chī diǎnr.», 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 «hǎo chī» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
«why's she giving me hot water, I asked for a drink» What's the reason?
- 1. Warm water is offered as care; cold is thought bad for the tummy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Their tap only does hot water, the cold one's been broken for ages — no support
- 3. She misheard you — no support
- 4. It's a punishment — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 3: «If Ming's family is from Sichuan or Hunan, the chilli may get you: «tài là le!» (too spicy!), and someone hands you rè shuǐ, warm water — many families think i…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Ming's little brother is 3. Why should he sip bubble tea carefully?
- 1. The tapioca pearls can choke little ones — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It's only for grown-ups, by the rules of the shop — no support
- 3. It's too sweet for boys — no support
- 4. It's far too hot for small mouths — no support
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
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
«ming shared his White Rabbit sweets with me» What does sharing língshí show?
- 1. That he wants money — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. That they're out of date — no support
- 3. That he doesn't like them — no support
- 4. Friendship — ✓ the right answer · no support
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
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
In a cartoon a kid clinks his juice high above Grandad's glass. What would be more polite?
- 1. Hold it even higher — no support
- 2. Not drink at all — no support
- 3. Pour it on the table — no support
- 4. Hold it a little lower than Grandad's — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 4: «At festive dinners even kids raise their juice and shout gānbēi! (cheers!), holding the glass a little lower than an elder's, a small, lovely sign of respect.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
«tián» or «tiān» for sweet?
- 1. tiàn, falling — no support
- 2. tián, rising — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. tiān, high and level — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. tiǎn, dipping — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 8: «tián («tyen?», rising) means sweet; tiān, high and level, is sky or day.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «tiān» (+4); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
«kělè means thirsty in Chinese» Which is right?
- 1. It means snack — no support
- 2. Yes, kělè is the word for thirsty, kids say it all day long — no support
- 3. It's cola; its kě only sounds like the word for thirsty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 4. It means hot water — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 15: «kělè («KUH-luh») is cola, a loanword; the kě sounds like the word for thirsty, which makes it a fitting name.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «kělè» (+4); the same thing acted on «cola» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
«ok fine, xièxie, gòu le» you say to Granny. What did you say?
- 1. Thanks, that's enough — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It's too spicy — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Thanks, more please — no support
- 4. Cheers — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 7: «tài là le («TIGH LAH luh») means it's too spicy; là is chilli-hot, while tàng is too hot to touch.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «le» (+1); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the expression appropriately employed to commend the flavour of a beverage.
- 1. hǎo hē — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. tài là le — no support
- 3. hǎo chī — no support
- 4. wǒ chī bǎo le — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Ascertain the customary means by which a guest indicates that he has eaten sufficiently.
- 1. He leaves the table without speaking — no support
- 2. He accepts every further portion offered, without any protest — no support
- 3. He requests a larger bowl — no support
- 4. He declares wǒ chī bǎo le more than once and leaves a little — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 2: «Then the battle begins. Granny puts the best piece in your bowl: «duō chī diǎnr!» (eat some more!). It is love, not pushing. You say «wǒ chī bǎo le» (I'm full)…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2); the same thing acted on «little» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the offer of rè shuǐ.
- 1. It is a reproach for poor manners — no support
- 2. It expresses care, cold drinks being thought harmful to digestion — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. It indicates that cold water is unavailable in the household — no support
- 4. It signals the conclusion of the visit — no support
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 12, line 12: «rè shuǐ («RUH SHWAY») is hot or warm water to drink, offered as care, especially if you're ill; ice-cold drinks are often thought bad for the tummy.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); the same thing acted on «ice cold drinks» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression màn man chī?
- 1. It announces that the meal is ready — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is a courteous wish that the diner enjoy the meal without haste — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It is a reprimand for eating greedily, addressed to the guest — no support
- 4. It is an instruction to cease eating — no support
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
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