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title: Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chinese street
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 9 «Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters

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The 15 questions of lesson 9 «Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school with their options, 82 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/t1/) — «ming's sister calls him gēge not Ming, weird» Why? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/t2/) — You call Ming's mum «mā» at dinner. What would happen? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/t3/) — «haha ming's mum called him bǎobǎo, let's all call him baby» What is kind? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/t4/) — Ming has no brothers or sisters. What is true? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/t5/) — «ask his dad, lǎobà, can we go park» What is wrong? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/t6/) — What would happen if you shouted «mà!» with a falling tone across the flat? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/t7/) — Your friend's big cousin is 15, a girl. What does Ming's little sister call her? — right ✓
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/t8/) — In a cartoon a dragon calls his older brother «dìdi». What is wrong? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/t9/) — You say «wǒ yǒu yí ge dìdi». What did you tell Ming? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/t10/) — «nǐ yǒu xiōngdì jiěmèi ma?» — you're an only child. What do you say? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/t11/) — «bā!» you shout, high and level, meaning dad. What did Ming hear? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/e1/) — Identify the term by which a child customarily addresses an elder brother. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/e2/) — Ascertain the principal distinction drawn in Mandarin terms for siblings. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the word jiā. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term dúshēngzǐ? — right ✓ · exam

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