In the playground: come on, your turn!
Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 13 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 ✗
«ming yelled jiāyóu at me on sports day, I don't need petrol??» What did he mean?
- 1. Come on, go for it! — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Get some oil, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. Go home — no support
- 4. You're far too slow! — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 3: «In tag the catcher yells «zhuā zhù le!» (got you!), on sports day every Chinese parent roars «jiāyóu!» (come on! literally «add oil»), and from the edge of the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «oil» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
You boasted you'd win the race, then tripped. Ming laughs «gāi nǐ le!». What does he mean?
- 1. It's your turn now — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Well done, nice try — no support
- 3. Wait for me — no support
- 4. Serves you right! — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 10: «gāi wǒ le («GUY waw luh») means my turn; grabbing while you say it starts a quarrel.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «le» (+1); the same thing acted on «turn» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · wrong ✗
«his mum said děng yíxià an hour ago» What's going on?
- 1. She meant no — score 8
- 2. She meant hurry up, get ready — score 8
- 3. A parent's «wait a moment» can be long — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. She really did say «wait an hour», word for word — ← Mova's choice · score 14
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 14, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 15: «wǒ mā («waw MAH») is a casual «my mum» among kids, as in «wǒ mā shuō bù xíng» (my mum says no); his mum is āyí to you.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «mum» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · wrong ✗
A kid pushes in at the tuck shop. What can you fairly say?
- 1. bié chā duì! — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. kuài lái! — no support
- 3. jiāyóu! — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. gāi wǒ le! — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 13, line 3: «In tag the catcher yells «zhuā zhù le!» (got you!), on sports day every Chinese parent roars «jiāyóu!» (come on! literally «add oil»), and from the edge of the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «jiāyóu» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · right ✓
You snap «kuài diǎnr!» at Ming's dad while he finds his keys. How does it sound?
- 1. Very polite and kind — no support
- 2. Rude to a grown-up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Like «good luck» — no support
- 4. Like «thank you, sir» — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 6: «kuài diǎnr («KWIGH DYAR») means hurry up; normal between friends, but rude if snapped at a grown-up.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «kuài diǎnr» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · wrong ✗
What would happen if you shouted «kuài pào!» with a falling tone?
- 1. You'd shout «quick, cannon!» instead of «run» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It's the polite way to say «run» — no support
- 3. It means «got you» — score 2
- 4. Everyone would run, because it's just the same word — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 2: «Taking turns has its own words: gāi nǐ le (your turn), gāi wǒ le (my turn), and from the teacher pái duì! (line up!). Shout «gāi wǒ le» while grabbing and a qu…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «le» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · right ✓
«zhuā zhù le!» «méi zhuā zhù!» What's the argument?
- 1. Got you! — No you didn't! — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Run! — Wait! — no support
- 3. My turn! — Your turn! — no support
- 4. Hello! — Goodbye! — 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 · right ✓
Ming says «wán» not «wánr». Is he wrong?
- 1. Yes, he forgot half the word — no support
- 2. No, wán means sleep — no support
- 3. Yes, wán on its own means no, so it's wrong — no support
- 4. No, southern speakers say wán — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 8: «yìqǐ wánr ba («ee-CHEE WAR ba») means let's play together; the r curl in wánr is northern, southern kids say wán.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same thing acted on «wán» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · right ✓
A lonely kid stands at the edge and says «wǒ yě yào wánr». What's a kind answer?
- 1. lái ba! — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. zǒu! — no support
- 3. děng yíxià, for ever — no support
- 4. bù xíng! — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 16: «wǒ yě yào wánr («waw YEH YOW WAR») means I want to play too; yě means too, and the welcome answer is lái ba! (come on then).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «welcome answer» (+1); the same thing acted on «lái ba» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
In a cartoon a girl grabs the ball yelling «gāi wǒ le!» and the game is ruined. What would be fair?
- 1. Grab harder next time — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Run away with the ball — no support
- 3. Shout zǒu! at the others — no support
- 4. Hand up, «gāi wǒ le», and wait — ✓ 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 11 · right ✓
«shut up and zǒu ba, the park's closing» What does he want?
- 1. Let's go — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Go away for ever — no support
- 3. Be quiet and sit — no support
- 4. Stay here — 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the expression customarily employed to indicate that it is the hearer's turn.
- 1. zǒu ba — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. gāi nǐ le — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. děng yíxià — no support
- 4. gāi wǒ le — 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Ascertain the literal signification of the exhortation jiāyóu.
- 1. To add oil — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. To wait patiently — no support
- 3. To form a queue — no support
- 4. To run swiftly — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression pái duì.
- 1. It is an instruction to disperse and leave the queue — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It instructs one to form a queue; pushing in is termed chā duì — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It denotes victory in a game — no support
- 4. It is a cheer employed at sporting events — 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression wǒ yě yào wánr?
- 1. It is an instruction to hurry — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is an accusation of cheating — no support
- 3. It is a request to be permitted to join a game — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It is a refusal to continue playing the game any longer — 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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