Weather and what Granny says to wear
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 20 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 friend says "xià yú le" with a rising yú means it's raining. right?
- 1. No, rising yú is fish; rain is yǔ, dipping — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No, it means it's snowing hard — no support
- 3. Yes, but only in winter — no support
- 4. Yes, both tones mean rain, it's the same word — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lín shouts "xià xué le!" with a rising xué. What did he really say?
- 1. It's raining — no support
- 2. It's windy — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. It's snowing, nothing changes — no support
- 4. Something about school ending, not snow — ✓ the right answer · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 11: «"guā fēng le" means "it's windy", literally "wind is blowing"; fēng is also in fēngzheng, kite.», 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, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
It's sunny, 18 degrees, and Lín's granny makes him put on qiūkù. Who wins the argument?
- 1. Lín's little sister — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Granny, usually — it's a loving family joke — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nobody argues about clothes — no support
- 4. Lín, because science says it's warm enough — 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 · ★ · right ✓
You want to give Lín's grandad an umbrella for his birthday. Why might Lín's mum suggest something else?
- 1. sǎn sounds like sàn, to split up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 15
- 2. Grandads never use them — no support
- 3. Umbrellas are too expensive — no support
- 4. Umbrellas mean "go away" in Chinese — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 15, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 15: «"dài sǎn" means "take an umbrella"; an umbrella is an unlucky present for some people, because sǎn sounds like sàn, to split up.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sound» (+4); the same circumstance (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); the same doer «sǎn» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lín says "hǎo lèng" with a falling tone on a cold day. What did he say instead?
- 1. It's so cold, the right way to say it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Something about being dazed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It's windy and wet outside — no support
- 4. It's so hot — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lín draws a big yellow sun and writes «chū ___ le!» under it. Which word fills the gap?
- 1. yīntiān — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. léi rén — no support
- 3. qíngtiān — no support
- 4. tàiyáng — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 1: «Lín's granny is on a video call with China and asks "tiānqì zěnmeyàng?" — what's the weather like? — and Lín, looking out at grey Britain, says "yīntiān", a cl…», 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 doer «yīntiān» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Which pair is "wind is blowing" and "thunder is striking"?
- 1. yīntiān and qíngtiān — no support
- 2. guā fēng le and dǎ léi le — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. xià yǔ le and xià xuě le — score 6
- 4. hǎo rè a and hǎo lěng — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 20, line 11: «"guā fēng le" means "it's windy", literally "wind is blowing"; fēng is also in fēngzheng, kite.», 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 doer «le» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
ugh it's chucking it down and mum says "bié chūqù le". what's she on about?
- 1. Don't go out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Go out and play — no support
- 3. Shut the window — no support
- 4. Take the dog out — 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 ✗
A teenager watches a terrible music video and says "tài léi rén le". What does he mean?
- 1. It's a great song, so loud — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It's thundering outside again — no support
- 3. It's so cringe, shocking — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It's raining people — 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 ✗
Lín says yīntiān is the "dark" half of something famous. What?
- 1. day and night — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yīn and yáng — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the sun and moon — no support
- 4. north and south — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if you said "hǎo rè a" while shivering in the snow?
- 1. People would think you're hungry — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Nothing, it means it's cold, so they'd nod — no support
- 3. People would bring you a coat at once — score 4
- 4. People would think you meant it's hot, and laugh — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 17, line 18: «"wǒ méi shì" means "I'm OK, I'm fine", but people say it even when they are not fine.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «people» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the enquiry whereby a Mandarin speaker customarily solicits a report on prevailing meteorological conditions.
- 1. nǐ qù nǎr? — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. chī le ma? — no support
- 3. tiānqì zěnmeyàng? — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. jǐ diǎn 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 ✓
It is given that the syllables yǔ and yú differ solely in tone. Select the statement that accurately characterises their meanings.
- 1. yǔ (dipping) denotes rain; yú (rising) denotes fish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. yǔ (dipping) denotes fish; yú (rising) denotes rain — no support
- 3. Both denote wind — no support
- 4. Both denote snow — 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 ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the garment designated "qiūkù"?
- 1. Summer shorts worn for sport and games in hot weather — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Thermal undertrousers urged upon children by grandparents — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Footwear for snow — no support
- 4. A waterproof outer coat — 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 · right ✓
Ascertain the reason for which an umbrella may be considered an inauspicious gift in some Chinese households.
- 1. Umbrellas are deemed excessively costly as gifts — no support
- 2. Umbrellas are associated with funerals only — no support
- 3. Its name sǎn resembles sàn, signifying separation — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Umbrellas are prohibited indoors by ancient law — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 15: «"dài sǎn" means "take an umbrella"; an umbrella is an unlucky present for some people, because sǎn sounds like sàn, to split up.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «dài sǎn» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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