--- title: Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the w… — Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the word jiā. Exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters» 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/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/e3/) [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/) / [Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the word jiā. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, mean · **To what, where:** response, word jiā This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters» 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/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the word jiā. 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 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 jiā jiā NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **mean** | | | the word jiā | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} It denotes a holiday spent away ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:e3:o1:1 # text = It denotes a holiday spent away 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | a holiday | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot holiday=Topic | | 2 | **spend away** | participle | | a holiday *not said here* | | | | away *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It denotes both a home and a family ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:e3:o2:1 # text = It denotes both a home and a family 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 both both CCONJ CC _ 5 cc:preconj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | a home and a family | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot home=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} It denotes a school or place of study ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:e3:o3:1 # text = It denotes a school or place of study 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | a school or place of study | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot school=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} It denotes a neighbour ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:e3:o4:1 # text = It denotes a neighbour 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | a neighbour | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot neighbour=Topic | **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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