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title: Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address el… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chinese street
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 10 «Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address elders» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address elders

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The 15 questions of lesson 10 «Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address elders» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school with their options, 80 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t1/) — «ming's nan on his mum's side, I called her nǎinai, everyone laughed» Why? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t2/) — You walk past Ming's grandad without a word because you're shy. How might it look? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t3/) — «just call his dad Jason, that's his name innit» Which is right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t4/) — Ming's mum's brother always brings sweets. What is he? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t5/) — In a cartoon a kid calls the old man in the park «gēge». What fits better? — right ✓ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t6/) — «gūgu is baby talk lol» Which is right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t7/) — What would happen if you mixed up bóbo and shūshu for Ming's two uncles? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t8/) — A nanny looks after Ming's little sister. What does Ming call her? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t9/) — «there's like 30 people at new year and I don't know half of them» What are they? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t10/) — Ming's mum's sister arrives from Manchester. What does Ming call her? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t11/) — «why's it wàigōng, 'outside' grandad, that's mean» What is true? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/e1/) — Identify the term by which a child customarily addresses the father of his father. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/e2/) — Ascertain the principle according to which terms for aunts and uncles are distinguished in Mandarin. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established usage of the expression kuài jiào yéye. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of shūshu and āyí by children? — wrong ✗ · exam

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