--- title: «gūgu is baby talk lol» Which is right? — Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how… · tree and pragmatics description: «gūgu is baby talk lol» Which is right? Test 6 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address el… «gūgu is baby talk lol» Which is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gūgu, baby talk · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** baby talk · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t6:1 # text = «gūgu is baby talk lol» Which is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 gūgu gūgu NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 lol lol INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | gūgu | baby talk | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | baby talk | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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} No, it's the proper word for dad's sister ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t6:o1:1 # text = No, it's the proper word for dad's sister 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | the proper word | | | | for dad's sister | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, it's baby talk for a little doggy, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t6:o2:1 # text = Yes, it's baby talk for a little doggy, innit 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 doggy doggy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | baby talk | | | | for a little doggy and innit | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, it means grandad on mum's side ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t6:o3:1 # text = No, it means grandad on mum's side 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 grandad grandad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 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 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | grandad | | mum's side | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandad=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it's what babies say for granny ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t6:o4:1 # text = Yes, it's what babies say for granny 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 6 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | babies | | | | | for granny | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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. 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