--- title: «haha ming's mum called him bǎobǎo, let's all call him baby» What is… — Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters · tree and pragmatics description: «haha ming's mum called him bǎobǎo, let's all call him baby» What is kind? Test 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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters «haha ming's mum called him bǎobǎo, let's all call him baby» What is kind? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, baby · **What happens:** call, let, be · **To what, where:** him, 's · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t3:1 # text = «haha ming's mum called him bǎobǎo, let's all call him baby» What is kind? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 haha haha INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ 3 ming ming NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 bǎobǎo bǎobǎo X FW Foreign=Yes 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 all all ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *in a quote* | past | ming's mum | | him *= he* | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | ming's mum *not said here* | 's | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 3 | **call** *in a quote* | present | ming's mum *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | all *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | present | baby | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | 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} Make a song about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t3:o1:1 # text = Make a song about it 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | a song | | | | about song | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset song=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Call him bǎobǎo all week ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t3:o2:1 # text = Call him bǎobǎo all week 1 Call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 bǎobǎo bǎobǎo ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | week | bǎobǎo *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tell the whole class ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t3:o3:1 # text = Tell the whole class 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the whole class | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Don't tease him with it ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t3:o4:1 # text = Don't tease him with it 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 tease tease VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tease** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | with it | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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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