--- title: Identify the order in which the components of the name Wáng Míng are… — Names and "how old are you?" · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the order in which the components of the name Wáng Míng are presented. Exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Names and "how old are you?"» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [Names and "how old are you?"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/5-names-and-how-old/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Names and "how old are you?" Identify the order in which the components of the name Wáng Míng are presented. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, present, compose · **To what, where:** order, components, name This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Names and "how old are you?"» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/5-names-and-how-old/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e1:1 # text = Identify the order in which the components of the name Wáng Míng are presented. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 components component NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 Wáng Wáng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 12 Míng Míng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the order | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 2 | **present** | present · passive | | the components of the name | | the order | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **compose** | | | the name | | | | | nom component «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The names are interchangeable without distinction ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e1:o1:1 # text = The names are interchangeable without distinction 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 interchangeable interchangeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 distinction distinction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the names | | | | | without distinction; interchangeable *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The family name precedes the given name ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e1:o2:1 # text = The family name precedes the given name 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 precedes precede VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **precede** | present | the family name | the given name | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Co-Theme | | 2 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The given name precedes the family name ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e1:o3:1 # text = The given name precedes the family name 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 precedes precede VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **precede** | present | the given name | the family name | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The order is determined by the season ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e1:o4:1 # text = The order is determined by the season 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | present · passive | | the order | | | season | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | **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. 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