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title: Select the response consistent with the established usage of the enq… — Names and "how old are you?" · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established usage of the enquiry nǐ jǐ suì le. Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · Names and "how old are you?"

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Select the response consistent with the established usage of the enquiry nǐ jǐ suì le.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, use · **To what, where:** response, enquiry

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established usage of the enquiry nǐ jǐ suì le.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	usage	usage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	nǐ	nǐ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	flat:foreign	_	_
13	jǐ	jǐ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	conj	_	_
14	suì	suì	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	flat:foreign	_	_
15	le	le	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **use** |  |  | the enquiry |  |  |  |  | nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is employed in enquiring the age of children and young persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e3:o1:1
# text = It is employed in enquiring the age of children and young persons
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	enquiring	enquire	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **enquire** *speech: other* | gerund |  | the age of children and young persons |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent age=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is the most deferential enquiry addressed to elders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e3:o2:1
# text = It is the most deferential enquiry addressed to elders
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	deferential	deferential	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the deferential enquiry |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **address** | participle |  | the deferential enquiry *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is an enquiry regarding a person's surname

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e3:o3:1
# text = It is an enquiry regarding a person's surname
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	surname	surname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a enquiry |  |  |  | regard a person's surname | tree rules |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a valediction among adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e3:o4:1
# text = It is a valediction among adults
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	valediction	valediction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a valediction |  |  |  | among adults | tree rules |

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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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