Context: A mandolin (Italian: mandolino pronounced [mandoˈliːno]; literally "small mandola") is a musical instrument in the lute family and is usually plucked with a plectrum or "pick". It commonly has four courses of doubled metal strings tuned in unison (8 strings), although five (10 strings) and six (12 strings) course versions also exist. The courses are normally tuned in a succession of perfect fifths. It is the soprano member of a family that includes the mandola, octave mandolin, mandocello and mandobass.

Question: What country did the mandolin originate from?
Answer: Italian

Question: What does mandolin translate to? 
Answer: small mandola

Question: What musical family does the mandolin come from?
Answer: lute family

Question: How is the mandolin usually played?
Answer: usually plucked with a plectrum or "pick"

Question: How many courses does a mandolin commonly have? 
Answer: four

Question: What is the Italian word for mandolino?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What family is the lute in?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What else does the family include in addition to the lute and mandolin?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What material is the lute's strings made of?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What city did the mandolin originate from?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does mandoleen translate to?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  What musical sister does the mandolin have?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  How is the mandolin not usually played?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  How many courses does a mandolin not commonly have?
Answer: Unanswerable