--- title: Grandad says «chī ba, chī ba!» and picks up his chopsticks. What doe… — Talking to the friend's grandparents · tree and pragmatics description: Grandad says «chī ba, chī ba!» and picks up his chopsticks. What does it mean for you? Test 11 · ★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/t11/) [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/) / [Talking to the friend's grandparents](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Talking to the friend's grandparents Grandad says «chī ba, chī ba!» and picks up his chopsticks. What does it mean for you? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, ba · **What happens:** say, pick up, mean · **To what, where:** ba, chopsticks · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 29 «Talking to the friend's grandparents» 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/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandad says «chī ba, chī ba!» and picks up his chopsticks. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t11:1 # text = Grandad says «chī ba, chī ba!» and picks up his chopsticks. 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 chī chī ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 ba ba NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 chī chī NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 ba ba NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 picks pick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 chopsticks chopstick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandad | ba | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ba=Topic | | 2 | **pick up** | present | Grandad *not said here* | Grandad's chopsticks | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chopstick=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does it mean for you? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t11:2 # text = What does it mean for you? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | ba | | | | | for you | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot what=Theme for you=Attribute | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} You must wait for Granny ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t11:o1:1 # text = You must wait for Granny 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Granny Granny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | must | You | | | | | for Granny | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} You should leave the table ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t11:o2:1 # text = You should leave the table 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | should | You | the table | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} You must cook the rice ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t11:o3:1 # text = You must cook the rice 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 cook cook VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | must | You | the rice | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rice=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} You may start eating ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t11:o4:1 # text = You may start eating 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | may | You | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: 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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