The body

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 18 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 · right ✓

my cousin says jītuǐ is a body part, chicken's leg so it's your leg. right?

1. No, it means a chicken's foot — no support
2. Yes, jītuǐ is your own leg, innit — no support
3. No, jītuǐ is chicken leg, a food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. Yes, it means a sore leg after running — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 15: «"tuǐ" means leg; "wǒ de tuǐ suān le" is "my legs are aching"; jītuǐ (chicken leg) is a favourite food.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «jītuǐ» (+4); the same thing acted on «favourite food» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

You want to say "I've got two ears" but your voice falls on the first bit: èrduo. What sounds wrong?

1. èr falling is a rude word for ears — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. èr falling is "two", not "ear" — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nothing, both tones are fine for ears — no support
4. èr falling means "nose" — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 1: «Ming goes to two schools: the normal one all week, and Zhōngwén xuéxiào (Chinese school) on Saturday morning, where he learns to read and write. You only ever…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «words» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · right ✓

You ask for jiǎozi when you meant your foot hurts. What did Lín's mum hear?

1. Something about dumplings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Something about your teeth — no support
3. Something about your head — no support
4. Something about your name — 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 ✗

Lín says "wǒ hěn shòu" with a falling tone, not "shǒu". What did he say?

1. My hand is big — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. I wash my hands — no support
3. I'm thin, not anything about hands — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. My hand hurts — 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 ✗

you lost a tooth at Lín's house and his granny wants to throw it on the roof. weird or what?

1. It's a joke, nobody really does that — no support
2. It means she's cross with you — score 3
3. It's a punishment for losing it at her house — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. It's a real custom in some Chinese families — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 11: «"yá" (rising) means tooth or teeth; "wǒ diào yá le!" is "my tooth fell out!"; in some Chinese families a lost bottom tooth is thrown onto the roof, not left fo…», 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 thing acted on «tooth» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

In a cartoon a boy says "zhèr téng" and points to his tummy. What is he saying?

1. It's fine here — no support
2. I'm full up here — no support
3. It hurts here — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Tickle me here — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 17: «"téng" (rising) means "it hurts"; "nǎr téng?" is "where does it hurt?", "zhèr téng" is "it hurts here", and "bù téng" is "it doesn't hurt".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+2); the same doer «téng» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

Lín's mate shouts something rude with "zuǐ" in it at a dinner lady. What did it probably mean?

1. "I'm hungry" — no support
2. A rude "shut up!" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. "Your food is tasty" — no support
4. "Open your mouth, please" — 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 18, line 10: «"zuǐba" means mouth; the dentist says "zhāng zuǐ", open your mouth; zuǐ also turns up in a rude "shut up!", and the soft way is "bié shuō le".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shut up» (+2); the same doer «zuǐ» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Everyone in the playground laughs when someone says "fàng pì". Why?

1. It means a swear — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It means a bum smack — no support
3. It means to fart — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It means to cry — 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 · wrong ✗

Which is the only body part here with a rising tone, like a surprised "huh?"?

1. jiǎo, foot — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. shǒu, hand — no support
3. tóu, head — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. tuǐ, leg — 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 10 · wrong ✗

What would happen if you told Lín's mum "bù téng" after a fall?

1. She'd think you're hungry — no support
2. She'd know it doesn't hurt — ✓ the right answer · score -4
3. She'd call a doctor at once — no support
4. She'd think it hurts a lot — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 1: «At Lín's house you trip over the cat and his mum rushes in: "nǎr téng?" — "where does it hurt?" — and you point and say "zhèr téng", it hurts here.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · right ✓

Lín's ears turn red when the teacher reads his poem aloud. What does his granny say?

1. nǐ de tóu téng le — score 5
2. nǐ de ěrduo hóng le — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
3. nǐ de bízi hóng le — score 8
4. nǐ de pìgu téng le — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 8: «"ěrduo" means ears; "nǐ de ěrduo hóng le" (your ears have gone red) means you're embarrassed; ěr dips, while èr (two) falls.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ěrduo» (+4); the same action «hóng» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «le» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the expression whereby an adult customarily enquires as to the location of a child's pain.

1. zhèr téng — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. dùzi jiào le — no support
3. bù téng — no support
4. nǎr téng? — ✓ 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that the syllables ěr and èr differ solely in tone. Select the statement that accurately characterises their respective meanings.

1. ěr denotes two; èr pertains to the ear and to hearing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Both denote the number two, whatever the tone — no support
3. Both denote the ear — no support
4. ěr (dipping) pertains to the ear; èr (falling) denotes two — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the word "pìgu"?

1. It is a childish term for the bottom, not considered obscene — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
2. It is a formal medical term for the leg — score 10
3. It denotes the stomach — score 8
4. It is a grave obscenity, never to be uttered by children — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 18, line 4: «Some body words make every playground giggle: pìgu (PEE-goo) is bottom, a childish word, not a rude one; but one word for mouth turns up in a rude "shut up!",…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «one word» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Determine the classification appropriate to the act of pulling one's eyes so as to imitate persons of Chinese descent.

1. Racist mockery, not a joke — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A traditional greeting — no support
3. A medical examination — no support
4. A playground game without consequence — 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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