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title: Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address elders — how Mova does on the tests · Chinese street
description: Lesson 10 of the chinese street course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 11 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address elders

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**Tests:** 6 of 11 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 10 of the chinese street course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«ming's nan on his mum's side, I called her nǎinai, everyone laughed» Why?

- **1.** nǎinai means grandad, not granny — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** You should call her by her own first name, like a friend — no support
- **3.** nǎinai is a rude word for old ladies — no support
- **4.** She is lǎolao (or wàipó); nǎinai is dad's side — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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You walk past Ming's grandad without a word because you're shy. How might it look?

- **1.** Like you know him well — no support
- **2.** A bit rude; say yéye hǎo — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Normal, nobody greets elders — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** Very polite and quiet — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 1: «When Ming's grandad comes in, Ming's mum whispers «kuài jiào yéye!» (quick, say hello to Grandad!). In Chinese families you greet each elder by their title, ou…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «greet» (+3); the same thing acted on «elder» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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«just call his dad Jason, that's his name innit» Which is right?

- **1.** Call him lǎobà, like Ming does — no support
- **2.** A child calls him shūshu, never the first name — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Yes, first names are polite and friendly — no support
- **4.** Call him Xiǎo Jason — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 14: «Lǎo Lǐ (old Li, said «láo lǐ» because of the two dips) is a warm name grown-ups use for a man their age or older; a child calls him Lǐ shūshu (Uncle Li).», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+4); the same doer «child» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Ming's mum's brother always brings sweets. What is he?

- **1.** bóbo — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** jiùjiu — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** gūgu — no support
- **4.** yéye — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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In a cartoon a kid calls the old man in the park «gēge». What fits better?

- **1.** dìdi — no support
- **2.** yéye — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** lǎobà — score 5
- **4.** bàba — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 10, line 5: «yéye («YEH?-yeh») is grandad on dad's side; children also call any old man yéye.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «yéye» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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«gūgu is baby talk lol» Which is right?

- **1.** No, it's the proper word for dad's sister — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** Yes, it's baby talk for a little doggy, innit — no support
- **3.** No, it means grandad on mum's side — no support
- **4.** Yes, it's what babies say for granny — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 12: «gūgu («GOO-goo») is dad's sister; it is the proper word, not baby talk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «gūgu» (+4); the same circumstance (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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What would happen if you mixed up bóbo and shūshu for Ming's two uncles?

- **1.** You'd call one of them auntie — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** You'd call one of them grandad by mistake — no support
- **3.** You'd mix up who is older than dad, and families care — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Nothing, they are the same word said two ways — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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A nanny looks after Ming's little sister. What does Ming call her?

- **1.** āyí — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** nǎinai — score 8
- **3.** jiějie — score 8
- **4.** lǎoshī — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1, line 6: «nǐ hǎo (sounds like «nee HOW», really said «ní hǎo») means hello, literally «you good»; it suits anyone, though friends often just shout your name instead.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shout» (+3); the same doer «friends» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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«there's like 30 people at new year and I don't know half of them» What are they?

- **1.** qīnqi, relatives; Ming's mum whispers their titles — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** Strangers from the street who came in for dumplings — no support
- **3.** All teachers — no support
- **4.** All neighbours from the block, invited for food — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 4: «At New Year all the qīnqi (relatives) come, including people nobody can quite explain, and Ming's mum whispers the right title to say.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «whisper» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «right title» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Ming's mum's sister arrives from Manchester. What does Ming call her?

- **1.** gūgu — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** jiùjiu — score 8
- **3.** yímā — **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **4.** bóbo — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1, line 6: «nǐ hǎo (sounds like «nee HOW», really said «ní hǎo») means hello, literally «you good»; it suits anyone, though friends often just shout your name instead.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shout» (+3); the same doer «friends» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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«why's it wàigōng, 'outside' grandad, that's mean» What is true?

- **1.** It comes from an old custom; nobody means it unkindly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** It is meant as an insult to mum's side — no support
- **3.** He lives outside the house, in the garden — no support
- **4.** He is not real family, only a good friend of mum's — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 7: «lǎoye («LAOW-yeh») is grandad on mum's side in the north; in the south he is wàigōng, where wài means outside, from an old custom families today do not mean un…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Identify the term by which a child customarily addresses the father of his father.

- **1.** yéye — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** lǎoye — no support
- **3.** shūshu — no support
- **4.** jiùjiu — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Ascertain the principle according to which terms for aunts and uncles are distinguished in Mandarin.

- **1.** By the side of the family and relative age — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** No such distinction exists in the language — no support
- **3.** By occupation — no support
- **4.** They are distinguished solely by height and build — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established usage of the expression kuài jiào yéye.

- **1.** It announces the departure of the grandfather — no support
- **2.** It is a reproach addressed to the grandfather by the parents — no support
- **3.** It instructs the child to greet the grandfather by his title — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** It is an instruction to telephone the grandfather at once — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 1: «When Ming's grandad comes in, Ming's mum whispers «kuài jiào yéye!» (quick, say hello to Grandad!). In Chinese families you greet each elder by their title, ou…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «greet» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of shūshu and āyí by children?

- **1.** They are informal nicknames for elder siblings — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **2.** They are restricted to blood relatives of the father — no support
- **3.** They are reserved for teachers alone — no support
- **4.** They are respectful titles for unrelated adults of the parents' generation — **✓ the right answer** · score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 10, line 1: «When Ming's grandad comes in, Ming's mum whispers «kuài jiào yéye!» (quick, say hello to Grandad!). In Chinese families you greet each elder by their title, ou…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «silent child» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 10. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/e4/)

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