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title: «ming's sister calls him gēge not Ming, weird» Why? — Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters · tree and pragmatics
description: «ming's sister calls him gēge not Ming, weird» Why? Test 1 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.
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# Test 1 · Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«ming's sister calls him gēge not Ming, weird» Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister · **What happens:** call · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 9 «Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters» 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/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t1:1
# text = «ming's sister calls him gēge not Ming, weird» Why?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ming	ming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	gēge	gēge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *in a quote* | present | ming's sister |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
gēge means «silly», she's teasing him lol, it's banter

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t1:o1:1
# text = gēge means «silly», she's teasing him lol, it's banter
1	gēge	gēge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	teasing	tease	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	banter	banter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | gēge | silly |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silly=Topic |
| 2 | **tease** | present · progressive | gēge | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | present | it | banter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's a nickname for Ming only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t1:o2:1
# text = It's a nickname for Ming only
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	nickname	nickname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a nickname |  |  |  | for Ming | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She forgot his name, she's only little

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t1:o3:1
# text = She forgot his name, she's only little
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | She | his name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | little *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **name** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Younger ones call an older brother gēge, like a title

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t1:o4:1
# text = Younger ones call an older brother gēge, like a title
1	Younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
6	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	gēge	gēge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Younger ones | a older brother gēge |  |  |  | like a title | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gēge=Recipient |

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