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title: «there's like 30 people at new year and I don't know half of them» W… — Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how… · tree and pragmatics
description: «there's like 30 people at new year and I don't know half of them» What are they? Test 9 · ★ 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
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# Test 9 · ★ · Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address el…

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«there's like 30 people at new year and I don't know half of them» What are they?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, people · **What happens:** be, not know · **To what, where:** half · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t9:1
# text = «there's like 30 people at new year and I don't know half of them» What are they?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	14	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	ccomp	_	_
20	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
21	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  | there |  | like 30 people at new year | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | half of people |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer half=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | 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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qīnqi, relatives; Ming's mum whispers their titles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t9:o1:1
# text = qīnqi, relatives; Ming's mum whispers their titles
1	qīnqi	qīnqi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	whispers	whisper	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	titles	title	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | qīnqi relatives | relatives's titles |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent title=Topic |
| 2 | **title** |  | relatives *= relative* |  |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Strangers from the street who came in for dumplings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t9:o2:1
# text = Strangers from the street who came in for dumplings
1	Strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dumplings	dumpling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | past | Strangers from the street |  |  |  |  | for dumplings | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All teachers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t9:o3:1
# text = All teachers
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All neighbours from the block, invited for food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:10-grandparents-aunties-uncles:t9:o4:1
# text = All neighbours from the block, invited for food
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | participle · passive |  | all neighbours from the block |  |  |  | for food | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

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