Test 3 · ★ · Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address el…

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

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, that, name innit · What happens: call, be · To what, where: dad, name innit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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	_	3 call	punct
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 call	advmod
3	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	obj
6	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 call	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 innit	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 innit	cop
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 innit	nmod:poss
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 innit	compound
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Jason	appos
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
14	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 right	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 innit	acl:relcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	call in a quote	imperative	you not said here		his dad		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient
2	is a in a quote	present	that	Jason's name innit			tree rules
3	is	present	Jason's name innit			right 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

Option 1

Call him lǎobà, like Ming does

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Call	obj
3	lǎobà	lǎobà	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Call	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 does	punct
5	like	like	SCONJ	_	7 does	mark
6	Ming	Ming	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 does	nsubj
7	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Call	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	do	present	Ming						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A child calls him shūshu, never the first name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calls	nsubj
3	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 calls	obj
5	shūshu	shūshu	X	Foreign=Yes	3 calls	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 name	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 name	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 name	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 name	amod
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shūshu	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	a child	him = he					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme shūshu=Result

Option 3

Yes, first names are polite and friendly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 polite	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 names	amod
4	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 polite	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 polite	cop
6	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 friendly	cc
8	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 polite	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	first names					polite property	tree rules
2	be		first names not said here						tree rules

Option 4

Call him Xiǎo Jason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Call	obj
3	Xiǎo	Xiǎo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Jason	compound
4	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Call	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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