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title: ★★★ Noah's nan moans she's got «a thousand mouths to feed». Then Min… — Olympiad: measure words and characters… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Noah's nan moans she's got «a thousand mouths to feed». Then Ming's mum says «wǒ jiā yǒu liù kǒu rén». Which number is real? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: measure words and characters as pictures ★★★» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: measure words and characters as pictures ★★★

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★★★ Noah's nan moans she's got «a thousand mouths to feed». Then Ming's mum says «wǒ jiā yǒu liù kǒu rén». Which number is real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, ★, thousand mouths, mum, number · **What happens:** moan, get, feed, say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: measure words and characters as pictures ★★★» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/32-olympiad-measure-words-and-picture-characters/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Noah's nan moans she's got «a thousand mouths to feed».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:32-olympiad-measure-words-and-picture-characters:t6:1
# text = ★★★ Noah's nan moans she's got «a thousand mouths to feed».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	moans	moan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	mouths	mouth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moan** | present | ★ ★ ★ Noah's nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | present · passive | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **feed** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | thousand mouths |  |  |  |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Then Ming's mum says «wǒ jiā yǒu liù kǒu rén».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:32-olympiad-measure-words-and-picture-characters:t6:2
# text = Then Ming's mum says «wǒ jiā yǒu liù kǒu rén».
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	wǒ	wǒ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	flat:foreign	_	_
8	jiā	jiā	X	GW	_	5	ccomp	_	_
9	yǒu	yǒu	X	GW	_	8	flat	_	_
10	liù	liù	X	GW	_	8	flat	_	_
11	kǒu	kǒu	X	GW	_	8	flat	_	_
12	rén	rén	X	GW	_	8	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ming's mum |  |  |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Which number is real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:32-olympiad-measure-words-and-picture-characters:t6:3
# text = Which number is real?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which number |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A thousand, Nan said so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:32-olympiad-measure-words-and-picture-characters:t6:o1:1
# text = A thousand, Nan said so
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Nan | a thousand |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sixty, with all the cousins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:32-olympiad-measure-words-and-picture-characters:t6:o2:1
# text = Sixty, with all the cousins
1	Sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Six, in Ming's family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:32-olympiad-measure-words-and-picture-characters:t6:o3:1
# text = Six, in Ming's family
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sixteen, counting the guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:32-olympiad-measure-words-and-picture-characters:t6:o4:1
# text = Sixteen, counting the guests
1	Sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund | Sixteen | the guests |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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