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title: Ascertain the principle according to which terms for aunts and uncle… — Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the principle according to which terms for aunts and uncles are distinguished in Mandarin. Exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address elders» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 2 · Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address el…

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Ascertain the principle according to which terms for aunts and uncles are distinguished in Mandarin.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, accord, be · **To what, where:** principle, Mandarin

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address elders» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the principle according to which terms for aunts and uncles are distinguished in Mandarin.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	aunts	aunt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	uncles	uncle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Mandarin	Mandarin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principle |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent principle=Topic |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  | Mandarin |  | accord which terms for aunts and uncles; distinguished *property* | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By the side of the family and relative age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:e2:o1:1
# text = By the side of the family and relative age
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	relative	relative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No such distinction exists in the language

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:e2:o2:1
# text = No such distinction exists in the language
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | no such distinction |  |  | the language |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in language=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By occupation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:e2:o3:1
# text = By occupation
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are distinguished solely by height and build

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:e2:o4:1
# text = They are distinguished solely by height and build
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distinguish** | present · passive | height | They |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute subject=Theme |
| 2 | **build** | present | height *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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