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title: Names and "how old are you?" — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chinese street
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 5 «Names and "how old are you?"» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Names and "how old are you?"

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The 15 questions of lesson 5 «Names and "how old are you?"» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school with their options, 82 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/t1/) — «ask his nan nǐ jǐ suì le, it's how you ask age» What is wrong? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/t2/) — You answer «nín guì xìng?» with «wǒ guì xìng Smith». Why do adults smile? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/t3/) — «Wáng Míng, nǐ guò lái!» his mum shouts. What is likely? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/t4/) — Ming says «my dad, she's at work». What is going on? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/t5/) — «his name's Míng Wáng innit, Míng first» Which is right? — right ✓
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/t6/) — What would happen if you called Ming's grandad «Xiǎo Wáng»? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/t7/) — Ming says «wǒ jiù suì» with a falling jiù. What did you hear? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/t8/) — At the park a lady calls a man «Lǎo Lǐ!». Is she being rude? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/t9/) — In a cartoon an English boy asks a teacher «nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?». What is off? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/t10/) — «wǒ jiǎo Sam» with a dip — what does Ming tease you about? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/t11/) — Ming's granny proudly says «bāshí le!». What did she tell you? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/e1/) — Identify the order in which the components of the name Wáng Míng are presented. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/e2/) — Ascertain the appropriate reply of a person asked nín guì xìng. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established usage of the enquiry nǐ jǐ suì le. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appellation Lǎo Lǐ? — wrong ✗ · exam

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