--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Counting 1 to 10, on one hand · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hand sign formed by the extended thumb and index finger? Exam question 4 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 --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Counting 1 to 10, on one hand Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hand sign formed by the extended thumb and index finger? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, form · **To what, where:** hand sign This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e4:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hand sign formed by the extended thumb and index finger? 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 11 det _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 extended extended ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 index index NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 hand sign | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **form** | participle | | the hand sign *not said here* | | | | by the extended thumb and index finger | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by thumb=Location | 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 signifies defeat in a game ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e4:o1:1 # text = It signifies defeat in a game 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 signifies signify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 defeat defeat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **signify** | present | It | defeat | | | | in a game | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot defeat=Theme in game=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} It constitutes a threatening gesture ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e4:o2:1 # text = It constitutes a threatening gesture 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 constitutes constitute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 threatening threaten VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 gesture gesture NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a threatening gesture | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gesture=Pivot | | 2 | **threaten** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It denotes the numeral eight ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e4:o3:1 # text = It denotes the numeral eight 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 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 flat _ _ ``` | # | 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 | ### Option 4 {#o4} It denotes the numeral two ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:e4:o4:1 # text = It denotes the numeral two 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 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 flat _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **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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