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求助英语语言学is the chinese sentence "张三背着父亲去上学" ambiguous?transla

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求助英语语言学
is the chinese sentence "张三背着父亲去上学" ambiguous?translate it into english and state why or why not?
Yes.
The sentence can be interpreted as:
1.Zhang San went to school carrying his father on his back.
2.Zhang San went to school without his father's knowledge.
The ambiguity arises when "bei" is read in different tones,that is,the first tone and the fourth tone,which results in different meanings.When read in the first tone,"bei" means "to carry sb./sth.on one's back"; when read in the falling tone,it can mean "to do sth.without sb's knowledge".