--- title: «just say nǐ hǎo to grandparents, it's fine innit» What makes granni… — Talking to the friend's grandparents · tree and pragmatics description: «just say nǐ hǎo to grandparents, it's fine innit» What makes grannies beam more? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Talking to the friend's grandparents «just say nǐ hǎo to grandparents, it's fine innit» What makes grannies beam more? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, it, fine innit, grannies · **What happens:** say, be, make, beam · **To what, where:** nǐ, grandparents, fine innit, grannies, more · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t9:1 # text = «just say nǐ hǎo to grandparents, it's fine innit» What makes grannies beam more? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nǐ nǐ X FW Foreign=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 hǎo hǎo X FW Foreign=Yes 4 flat:foreign _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 grandparents grandparent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 15 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 grannies grannie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 17 beam beam VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | nǐ | grandparents | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nǐ=Topic to grandparent=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | fine innit | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | present | fine innit | grannies | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **beam** | infinitive | grannies *not said here* | more | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent more=Theme | 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 {#o1} Shouting their names ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t9:o1:1 # text = Shouting their names 1 Shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | | their names | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 2 | **name** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} nín, the respectful «you»: yéye nǎinai hǎo ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t9:o2:1 # text = nín, the respectful «you»: yéye nǎinai hǎo 1 nín nín X FW Foreign=Yes 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 respectful respectful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 yéye yéye X FW Foreign=Yes 10 flat:foreign _ _ 10 nǎinai nǎinai X FW Foreign=Yes 4 dep _ _ 11 hǎo hǎo X FW Foreign=Yes 10 flat:foreign _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Saying hāi like English kids do ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t9:o3:1 # text = Saying hāi like English kids do 1 Saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 hāi hāi NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | Saying hāi like English kids | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Saying nothing and waving ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents:t9:o4:1 # text = Saying nothing and waving 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 2 | **wave** | gerund | | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «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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