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title: In a cartoon a British kid shows three with thumb, index and middle… — Counting 1 to 10, on one hand · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a British kid shows three with thumb, index and middle finger in China. Is it wrong? Test 6 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 wr
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# Test 6 · Counting 1 to 10, on one hand

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In a cartoon a British kid shows three with thumb, index and middle finger in China. Is it wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** British kid, kid · **What happens:** show, be · **To what, where:** three

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This is test 6 of lesson 6 «Counting 1 to 10, on one hand» 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/6-counting-one-to-ten/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a British kid shows three with thumb, index and middle finger in China.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon a British kid shows three with thumb, index and middle finger in China.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	thumb	thumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	index	index	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a British kid | three |  |  |  | with thumb and index and middle finger in China; in a cartoon | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent three=Patient in cartoon=Topic |

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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:* Is it wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:t6:2
# text = Is it wrong?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | kid |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, every country counts to three on hands the same way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:t6:o1:1
# text = No, every country counts to three on hands the same way
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | every country | the same way |  | hands |  | to three | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to three=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, in China that hand sign is a rude word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, in China that hand sign is a rude word
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** |  | China |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | hand sign | a rude word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it means eight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, it means eight
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it | eight |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eight=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Understood, but Chinese kids use index, middle and ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:6-counting-one-to-ten:t6:o4:1
# text = Understood, but Chinese kids use index, middle and ring
1	Understood	understand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	index	index	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **use** | present | Chinese kids | index and middle and ring |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent index=Patient |

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