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description: You answer «nín guì xìng?» with «wǒ guì xìng Smith». Why do adults smile? Test 2 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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# Test 2 · Names and "how old are you?"

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You answer «nín guì xìng?» with «wǒ guì xìng Smith». Why do adults smile?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, nín, adults · **What happens:** answer, xìng, smile · **To what, where:** Smith · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 5 «Names and "how old are you?"» 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/5-names-and-how-old/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You answer «nín guì xìng?» with «wǒ guì xìng Smith».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:t2:1
# text = You answer «nín guì xìng?» with «wǒ guì xìng Smith».
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	answer	answer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	nín	nín	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	nsubj	_	_
5	guì	guì	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
6	xìng	xìng	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	wǒ	wǒ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	conj	_	_
12	guì	guì	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	advmod	_	_
13	xìng	xìng	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	Smith	Smith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: ask* | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **xìng** *in a quote* | gerund | nín |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **xìng** *in a quote* | gerund | nín *not said here* | Smith |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Why do adults smile?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:t2:2
# text = Why do adults smile?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	smile	smile	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **smile** | present · do-support | adults |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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You called your own name honourable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:t2:o1:1
# text = You called your own name honourable
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	honourable	honourable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | You | your own name |  |  |  | honourable *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient |
| 2 | **name** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You said goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:t2:o2:1
# text = You said goodbye
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | You | goodbye |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You said «Smith» with a tone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:t2:o3:1
# text = You said «Smith» with a tone
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Smith	Smith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tone	tone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | You |  |  |  |  | with a tone | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with tone=Manner |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You told them your age instead of your name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:t2:o4:1
# text = You told them your age instead of your name
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | You | your age | them *= they* |  |  | instead your name | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient age=Topic |
| 2 | **name** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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