--- title: Select the response consistent with the established usage of yāo. — Counting 1 to 10, on one hand · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established usage of yāo. Exam question 3 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/6-counting-one-to-ten/e3/) [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/) / [Counting 1 to 10, on one hand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/6-counting-one-to-ten/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Counting 1 to 10, on one hand Select the response consistent with the established usage of yāo. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, use · **To what, where:** response, yāo This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established usage of yāo. 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 _ 10 case _ _ 10 yāo yāo NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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** | | | yāo | | | | | nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} It denotes the numeral seven when telephone numbers are read aloud ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e3:o1:1 # text = It denotes the numeral seven when telephone numbers are read aloud 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 numeral numeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 flat _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 7 telephone telephone NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 11 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | the numeral | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot numeral=Topic | | 2 | **read** | present · passive | | telephone numbers | | | | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is the numeral zero ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e3:o2:1 # text = It is the numeral zero 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 numeral numeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 zero zero NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | the numeral zero | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It denotes the digit one when numbers are read digit by digit ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e3:o3:1 # text = It denotes the digit one when numbers are read digit by digit 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 digit digit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 flat _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 7 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 10 digit digit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 digit digit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | the digit | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot digit=Topic | | 2 | **read** | present · passive | digit | numbers | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient digit=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} It denotes two of an object ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e3:o4:1 # text = It denotes two of an object 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | two of a object | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot two=Topic | **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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