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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appellation Lǎo Lǐ? Exam question 4 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 wron
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# Exam question 4 · Names and "how old are you?"

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appellation Lǎo Lǐ?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** appellation

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appellation Lǎo Lǐ?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	appellation	appellation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	Lǎo	Lǎo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
12	Lǐ	Lǐ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the appellation |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is an insult concerning the age of the addressee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e4:o1:1
# text = It is an insult concerning the age of the addressee
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	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
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	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	addressee	addressee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a insult |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | a insult *not said here* | the age of the addressee |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus age=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is an affectionate form employed by adults for a man of comparable or greater age

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e4:o2:1
# text = It is an affectionate form employed by adults for a man of comparable or greater age
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	affectionate	affectionate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	comparable	comparable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nmod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	amod	_	_
16	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a affectionate form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **employ** | participle |  | a affectionate form *not said here* |  |  |  | by adults; for a man of comparable or greater age | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for man=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is the customary form by which children address adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e4:o3:1
# text = It is the customary form by which children address adults
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	address	address	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the customary form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **address** | present | children |  | adults |  |  | by the customary form | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It designates a man younger than the speaker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:e4:o4:1
# text = It designates a man younger than the speaker
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	designates	designate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **designate** | present | It | a man |  |  |  | young *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=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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