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# Test 3 · ★ · Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address el…

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«just call his dad Jason, that's his name innit» Which is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, that, name innit · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** dad, name innit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t3:1
# text = «just call his dad Jason, that's his name innit» Which is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | his dad |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | Jason's name innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | Jason's name innit |  |  |  |  | right *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 {#o1}

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Call him lǎobà, like Ming does

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t3:o1:1
# text = Call him lǎobà, like Ming does
1	Call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	lǎobà	lǎobà	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **do** | present | Ming |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A child calls him shūshu, never the first name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t3:o2:1
# text = A child calls him shūshu, never the first name
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	shūshu	shūshu	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | a child | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme shūshu=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, first names are polite and friendly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, first names are polite and friendly
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | first names |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | first names *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Call him Xiǎo Jason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t3:o4:1
# text = Call him Xiǎo Jason
1	Call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	Xiǎo	Xiǎo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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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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