Games: rock-paper-scissors, hide and seek, cheat!

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 14 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 throws cloth, you throw scissors. Who wins?

1. Ming: cloth wraps scissors — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. You: scissors cut cloth — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nobody, píngjú — no support
4. Ming, because he's older — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 5: «shítou jiǎndāo bù («SHR?-toe JYEN-dow BOO») is rock-paper-scissors, literally stone, scissors, cloth; cloth beats stone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «rock paper scissors» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «shítou jiǎndāo bù» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«ming moved after mùtourén but says he didn't, he's shuǎlài-ing» If he really moved, is shuǎlài fair?

1. No, shuǎlài means winning the game fair and square — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, but only at school — no support
3. No, shuǎlài is a hello — no support
4. Yes, refusing to accept being caught is shuǎlài — ✓ 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 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

You lose and shout «nǐ zuòbì!» though nobody cheated. What's the problem?

1. Accusing cheating just because you lost isn't fair — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. zuòbì means «well done» — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Nothing, it's polite and everyone says it after losing — no support
4. It means you won the game after all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 12: «zuòbì («DZWAW-BEE») means cheating, a heavy word for tests, but just a playground shout in tag.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+1); the same doer «zuòbì» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if a kid shouted «bù wánr le!» in a sulk?

1. Everyone must go home — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Often, five minutes later, «wǒ yě yào wánr» — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He wins the game, that's the rule — no support
4. The game must end for ever and ever, those are the rules — 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 · ★★★ · right ✓

In a cartoon the eagle protects the chicks from the hen. What's wrong?

1. The chicks catch the eagle — no support
2. Nothing, that's exactly how the game is played — no support
3. The hen protects the chicks; the eagle catches — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
4. There are no chicks in it, only eagles — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 8: «lǎoyīng zhuō xiǎojī («LAOW-ying JWAW SHYOW-jee») is eagle catches the chicks, a chain game where the hen protects the chicks behind her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «protect» (+4); the same doer «hen» (+4); the same receiver «chicks» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«tiāo shéng?» you ask, high tone. What did you say?

1. Rope soup — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. «pick rope», not skip; skipping is tiào shéng — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Hide and seek, the high-tone version — no support
4. Skipping, exactly right, with the right tone — 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 7 · ★★★ · right ✓

Rock-paper-scissors ends with both of you throwing stone. What does Ming say?

1. píngjú, zài lái! — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. nǐ shū le! — score 4
3. wǒ yíng le! — score 4
4. nǐ zuòbì! — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 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» (+2); the same doer «ming» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓

Your cousin gives Ming's granny a book at New Year. Why might she smile only politely?

1. shū (book) sounds like shū (lose) — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. The book was red, the funeral colour — no support
3. Books are always rude gifts — no support
4. Grannies all hate reading books — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 11: «nǐ shū le («nee SHOO luh») means you lost; shū (lose) sounds just like shū (book), so some families avoid giving books at New Year.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sound» (+3); the same doer «shū» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«wǒ yíng le wǒ yíng le wǒ yíng le!!!» says Ming for ten minutes. What might friends call him?

1. píngjú — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. déyì, smug — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. lǎoyīng — score 5
4. mùtourén — score 5

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 1, line 6: «nǐ hǎo (sounds like «nee HOW», really said «ní hǎo») means hello, literally «you good»; it suits anyone, though friends often just shout your name instead.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shout» (+2); the same doer «friends» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓

Two kids argue whether stone or cloth wins. Who is right?

1. Whoever is older — no support
2. Cloth wins, it wraps the stone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Stone wins, it tears the cloth — no support
4. Neither, it's a draw every time — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 1: «Who goes first? «shítou jiǎndāo bù!» — stone, scissors, cloth — shouted on the throw. Cloth (bù) beats stone, stone beats scissors, scissors beat cloth, the sa…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cloth» (+4); the same thing acted on «stone» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Everyone loved the game. What do you shout?

1. bù wánr le! — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. nǐ shū le! — no support
3. bié shuǎlài! — no support
4. zài lái yí cì! — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. 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 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 «own words» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the outcome when cloth (bù) is opposed to stone (shítou) in the game shítou jiǎndāo bù.

1. Stone prevails — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cloth prevails — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The game is declared void — no support
4. The result is invariably a draw — 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 reason for which certain families refrain from presenting books at the New Year.

1. The word for book is homophonous with the word for losing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Books are considered unsuitable for children at festivals — no support
3. Reading is prohibited during festivals — no support
4. Books are associated with funerals and mourning — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established distinction between zuòbì and shuǎlài.

1. Both denote victory — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The former denotes a draw, whereas the latter denotes a rematch — no support
3. The former denotes cheating, the latter refusing to accept defeat — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Both denote concealment in hide and seek — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the game yī èr sān mùtourén?

1. Players freeze when the counter turns; any who move are out — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Players skip a rope in turns, counting aloud to one hundred — no support
3. Players hide while one seeks them — no support
4. A hen protects chicks from an eagle — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 8: «lǎoyīng zhuō xiǎojī («LAOW-ying JWAW SHYOW-jee») is eagle catches the chicks, a chain game where the hen protects the chicks behind her.», 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 (+3); the same action «protect» (+2); the same doer «hen» (+2); the same receiver «chicks» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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