--- title: «ask his dad, lǎobà, can we go park» What is wrong? — Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters · tree and pragmatics description: «ask his dad, lǎobà, can we go park» What is wrong? Test 5 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters «ask his dad, lǎobà, can we go park» What is wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, we · **What happens:** ask, go, be · **To what, where:** dad, park · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t5:1 # text = «ask his dad, lǎobà, can we go park» What is wrong? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|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 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 lǎobà lǎobà NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 11 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 13 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | his dad and lǎobà | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | can | we | park | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location park=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *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} lǎobà means grandad ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t5:o1:1 # text = lǎobà means grandad 1 lǎobà lǎobà PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 grandad grandad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | lǎobà | grandad | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandad=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} lǎobà is what kids call teachers ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t5:o2:1 # text = lǎobà is what kids call teachers 1 lǎobà lǎobà PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 4 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | lǎobà | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | present | kids | | teachers | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, it's polite for any friend's dad ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t5:o3:1 # text = Nothing, it's polite for any friend's dad 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing | | | | | for any friend's dad; polite *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} lǎobà is for your own dad; say shūshu ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t5:o4:1 # text = lǎobà is for your own dad; say shūshu 1 lǎobà lǎobà PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 9 shūshu shūshu X FW Foreign=Yes 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | lǎobà | | | | | for your own dad | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | shūshu | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent shūshu=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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