--- title: Ming says «wǒ jiù suì» with a falling jiù. What did you hear? — Names and "how old are you?" · tree and pragmatics description: Ming says «wǒ jiù suì» with a falling jiù. What did you hear? Test 7 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 wrong. --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · Names and "how old are you?" Ming says «wǒ jiù suì» with a falling jiù. What did you hear? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ming, you · **What happens:** say, fall, hear · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ming says «wǒ jiù suì» with a falling jiù. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:t7:1 # text = Ming says «wǒ jiù suì» with a falling jiù. 1 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 wǒ wǒ X FW Foreign=Yes 2 ccomp _ _ 5 jiù jiù X FW Foreign=Yes 4 flat:foreign _ _ 6 suì suì X FW Foreign=Yes 4 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 amod _ _ 11 jiù jiù NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ming | | | | | with a falling jiù | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with jiù=Manner | | 2 | **fall** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What did you hear? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:t7:2 # text = What did you hear? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | you | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He is nine, it's the very same thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:t7:o1:1 # text = He is nine, it's the very same thing 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | He | nine and the same thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | the same thing | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He said his name ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:t7:o2:1 # text = He said his name 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | his name | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 2 | **name** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} jiù is «just/then», not nine (jiǔ) ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:t7:o3:1 # text = jiù is «just/then», not nine (jiǔ) 1 jiù jiù PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 just/then just/then NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 appos _ _ 9 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 jiǔ jiǔ NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | jiù | just/then | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He is ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:5-names-and-how-old:t7:o4:1 # text = He is ten 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | He | ten | | | | | tree rules | **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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