Test 1 · ★ · Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address el…

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

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, everyone · What happens: call, laugh · To what, where: nan · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 10 «Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address elders» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 nan	punct
2	ming	ming	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nan	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 ming	case
4	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 called	obl
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 side	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 side	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 mum	case
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nan	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 nan	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 called	nsubj
12	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 nǎinai	nmod:poss
14	nǎinai	nǎinai	NOUN	Foreign=Yes	12 called	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 laughed	punct
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 laughed	nsubj
17	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 called	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 laughed	punct
19	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	17 laughed	advmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call in a quote	past	I	ming's nan on his mum's side					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	laugh in a quote	past	everyone						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

nǎinai means grandad, not granny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nǎinai	nǎinai	X	Foreign=Yes	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 granny	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 granny	advmod
6	granny	granny	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	nǎinai	grandad					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandad=Topic

Option 2

You should call her by her own first name, like a friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 call	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 call	aux
3	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 call	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 name	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 name	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 name	amod
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 name	amod
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 friend	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 friend	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 friend	det
13	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	should	You		her = she			by her own first name	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	name		her = she						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

nǎinai is a rude word for old ladies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nǎinai	nǎinai	X	Foreign=Yes	5 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 word	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
4	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 ladies	case
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ladies	amod
8	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	nǎinai	a rude word				for old ladies	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She is lǎolao (or wàipó); nǎinai is dad's side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lǎolao	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lǎolao	cop
3	lǎolao	lǎolao	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 wàipó	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 wàipó	cc
6	wàipó	wàipó	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lǎolao	appos
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 wàipó	punct
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 side	punct
9	nǎinai	nǎinai	X	Foreign=Yes	13 side	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 side	cop
11	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 side	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 dad	case
13	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lǎolao	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	lǎolao and dad's side					tree rules
2	is a	present	nǎinai	dad's side					tree rules

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