Test 6 · ★ · Grandparents, aunties and uncles — how families address el…

«gūgu is baby talk lol» Which is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: gūgu, baby talk · What happens: be · To what, where: baby talk · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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	_	5 talk	punct
2	gūgu	gūgu	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talk	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 talk	cop
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talk	compound
5	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	lol	lol	INTJ	_	7 »	discourse
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 talk	punct
8	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 right	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 right	cop
10	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 talk	parataxis
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	gūgu	baby talk					tree rules
2	is	present	baby talk					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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it's the proper word for dad's sister

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 word	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 word	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 word	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
6	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 word	amod
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 sister	case
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sister	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dad	case
11	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the proper word				for dad's sister	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it's baby talk for a little doggy, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 talk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 talk	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 talk	cop
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talk	compound
6	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 doggy	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 doggy	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 doggy	amod
10	doggy	doggy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talk	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 doggy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	baby talk				for a little doggy and innit	tree rules

Option 3

No, it means grandad on mum's side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 side	case
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 side	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 mum	case
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obl

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

Option 4

Yes, it's what babies say for granny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 what	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	cop
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
6	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 granny	case
9	granny	granny	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	babies					for granny	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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