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title: Select the response consistent with the established usage of the rem… — Talking to the friend's grandparents · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established usage of the remark nǐ pàng le when uttered by a Chinese grandparent. Exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Talking to the friend's grandparents» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 2 · Talking to the friend's grandparents

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Select the response consistent with the established usage of the remark nǐ pàng le when uttered by a Chinese grandparent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, remark · **What happens:** select, establish, pàng, utter, use · **To what, where:** response, le, remark

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Talking to the friend's grandparents» 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/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established usage of the remark nǐ pàng le when uttered by a Chinese grandparent.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	usage	usage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	nǐ	nǐ	X	FW	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	pàng	pàng	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
16	uttered	utter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	xcomp	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **pàng** | gerund | the remark *not said here* | le |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | the remark *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by a Chinese grandparent | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **use** |  |  | the remark |  |  |  |  | nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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It frequently signifies approval of a child's healthy appearance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:e2:o1:1
# text = It frequently signifies approval of a child's healthy appearance
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	approval	approval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | It | approval of a child's healthy appearance |  |  |  | frequently *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot approval=Theme |
| 2 | **approve** |  |  | a child's healthy appearance |  |  |  |  | nom approval «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is an instruction to refrain from eating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:e2:o2:1
# text = It is an instruction to refrain from eating
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	refrain	refrain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a instruction |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **refrain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It invariably constitutes a grave insult to the child and his family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:e2:o3:1
# text = It invariably constitutes a grave insult to the child and his family
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	grave	grave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a grave insult |  |  |  | to the child and his family; invariably *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme insult=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a formula of farewell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:e2:o4:1
# text = It is a formula of farewell
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	formula	formula	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	farewell	farewell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a formula |  |  |  | of farewell | tree rules |

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