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# Test 1 · ★ · Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address el…

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«ming's nan on his mum's side, I called her nǎinai, everyone laughed» Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, everyone · **What happens:** call, laugh · **To what, where:** nan · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 10 «Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address elders» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t1:1
# text = «ming's nan on his mum's side, I called her nǎinai, everyone laughed» Why?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ming	ming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	nǎinai	nǎinai	NOUN	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	nsubj	_	_
17	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *in a quote* | past | I | ming's nan on his mum's side |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **laugh** *in a quote* | past | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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nǎinai means grandad, not granny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t1:o1:1
# text = nǎinai means grandad, not granny
1	nǎinai	nǎinai	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | nǎinai | grandad |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandad=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You should call her by her own first name, like a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t1:o2:1
# text = You should call her by her own first name, like a friend
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | should | You |  | her *= she* |  |  | by her own first name | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **name** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nǎinai is a rude word for old ladies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t1:o3:1
# text = nǎinai is a rude word for old ladies
1	nǎinai	nǎinai	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | nǎinai | a rude word |  |  |  | for old ladies | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is lǎolao (or wàipó); nǎinai is dad's side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t1:o4:1
# text = She is lǎolao (or wàipó); nǎinai is dad's side
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	lǎolao	lǎolao	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wàipó	wàipó	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	nǎinai	nǎinai	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | lǎolao and dad's side |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | nǎinai | dad's side |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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