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title: You try the tongue-twister fast and mix up sì and shí. Why is that s… — Counting to 100 and lucky numbers · tree and pragmatics
description: You try the tongue-twister fast and mix up sì and shí. Why is that so easy to do? Test 10 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Counting to 100 and lucky numbers

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You try the tongue-twister fast and mix up sì and shí. Why is that so easy to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, that · **What happens:** try, mix up, be, do · **To what, where:** tongue twister, sì

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Counting to 100 and lucky numbers» 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/7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You try the tongue-twister fast and mix up sì and shí.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:t10:1
# text = You try the tongue-twister fast and mix up sì and shí.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	try	try	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	twister	twister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	mix	mix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	sì	sì	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	shí	shí	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present | You | the tongue twister |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twister=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mix up** | infinitive | You *not said here* | sì and shí |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sì=Patient |

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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:* Why is that so easy to do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:t10:2
# text = Why is that so easy to do?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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4 and 10 sound alike to learners: sì and shí

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:t10:o1:1
# text = 4 and 10 sound alike to learners: sì and shí
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	sound	sound	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	alike	alike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	learners	learner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sì	sì	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	shí	shí	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | 4 |  |  |  |  | to learners; alike *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to learner=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because 4 and 10 are written the same way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:t10:o2:1
# text = Because 4 and 10 are written the same way
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present · passive |  | 4 |  |  |  | the same way *obl:unmarked* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because nobody says sì

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:t10:o3:1
# text = Because nobody says sì
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sì	sì	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | nobody | sì |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sì=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because shí really means four in the south

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:t10:o4:1
# text = Because shí really means four in the south
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	shí	shí	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | shí | four |  |  |  | in the south | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot four=Theme in south=Attribute |

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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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