--- title: In a cartoon a dragon calls his older brother «dìdi». What is wrong? — Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon a dragon calls his older brother «dìdi». What is wrong? Test 8 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 right. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Family: mum, dad, brothers and sisters In a cartoon a dragon calls his older brother «dìdi». What is wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dragon · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** older brother, cartoon · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a dragon calls his older brother «dìdi». ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t8:1 # text = In a cartoon a dragon calls his older brother «dìdi». 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 dìdi dìdi NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present | a dragon | | dragon's older brother | a cartoon | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t8:2 # text = What is wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing, dìdi works for any brother ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t8:o1:1 # text = Nothing, dìdi works for any brother 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 dìdi dìdi NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | Nothing dìdi | | | | | for any brother | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for brother=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dragons have no brothers in Chinese stories ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t8:o2:1 # text = Dragons have no brothers in Chinese stories 1 Dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Dragons | no brothers | | Chinese stories | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} dìdi is a girl's name ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t8:o3:1 # text = dìdi is a girl's name 1 dìdi dìdi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | dìdi | a girl's name | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} dìdi is little brother; older is gēge ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters:t8:o4:1 # text = dìdi is little brother; older is gēge 1 dìdi dìdi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 6 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 gēge gēge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | dìdi | little brother | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | | little brother's gēge | | | | | tree rules | **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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