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title: Identify the numeral employed for «two» when it precedes a measure w… — Counting 1 to 10, on one hand · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the numeral employed for «two» when it precedes a measure word, as in «two persons». Exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Counting 1 to 10, on one hand» 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 w
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# Exam question 1 · Counting 1 to 10, on one hand

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Identify the numeral employed for «two» when it precedes a measure word, as in «two persons».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, numeral · **What happens:** identify, employ, precede · **To what, where:** measure word

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Counting 1 to 10, on one hand» 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/6-counting-one-to-ten/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e1:1
# text = Identify the numeral employed for «two» when it precedes a measure word, as in «two persons».
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	numeral	numeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	employed	employ	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	precedes	precede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **employ** | past | the numeral |  |  |  |  | for two | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for two=Eventuality |
| 3 | **precede** | present | numeral | a measure word |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme word=Co-Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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yāo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e1:o1:1
# text = yāo
1	yāo	yāo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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èr

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e1:o2:1
# text = èr
1	èr	èr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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liǎng

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e1:o3:1
# text = liǎng
1	liǎng	liǎng	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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shí

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e1:o4:1
# text = shí
1	shí	shí	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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