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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between jǐ ge and duōshao? Exam question 4 of lesson 7 «Counting to 100 and lucky numbers» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 4 · Counting to 100 and lucky numbers

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between jǐ ge and duōshao?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** distinction

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 7 «Counting to 100 and lucky numbers» 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/7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between jǐ ge and duōshao?
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	10	det	_	_
10	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	jǐ	jǐ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	flat:foreign	_	_
13	ge	ge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	duōshao	duōshao	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 distinction |  |  |  | of the following statements; between jǐ ge and duōshao; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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The former denotes order, whereas the latter denotes age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:e4:o1:1
# text = The former denotes order, whereas the latter denotes age
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	latter	latter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | the former | order |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot order=Topic |
| 2 | **denote** | present | the latter | age |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot age=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The former concerns money exclusively, whereas the latter concerns persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:e4:o2:1
# text = The former concerns money exclusively, whereas the latter concerns persons
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	concerns	concern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	concerns	concern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	compound	_	_
11	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The two are interchangeable in every context without exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:e4:o3:1
# text = The two are interchangeable in every context without exception
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	interchangeable	interchangeable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	context	context	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the two |  |  | every context |  | without exception; interchangeable *property* | tree rules |

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

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The former suits small quantities, the latter larger or unknown amounts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:e4:o4:1
# text = The former suits small quantities, the latter larger or unknown amounts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	suits	suit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	quantities	quantity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
9	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	amounts	amount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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