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title: You ask «jǐ ge?» about the stars in the sky. Why do friends laugh? — Counting to 100 and lucky numbers · tree and pragmatics
description: You ask «jǐ ge?» about the stars in the sky. Why do friends laugh? Test 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Counting to 100 and lucky numbers

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You ask «jǐ ge?» about the stars in the sky. Why do friends laugh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, friends · **What happens:** ask, laugh · **To what, where:** jǐ ge

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You ask «jǐ ge?» about the stars in the sky.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:t4:1
# text = You ask «jǐ ge?» about the stars in the sky.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	jǐ	jǐ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	flat:foreign	_	_
5	ge	ge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | You | jǐ ge |  |  |  | about the stars in the sky | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent ge=Recipient about star=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:* Why do friends laugh?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:t4:2
# text = Why do friends laugh?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · do-support | friends |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It's a rude word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:t4:o1:1
# text = It's a rude word
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	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 | **is a** | present | It | a rude word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You asked how old the stars are, by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:t4:o2:1
# text = You asked how old the stars are, by mistake
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | You |  |  |  |  | by mistake | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the stars |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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jǐ ge is for small numbers; duōshao suits big ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:t4:o3:1
# text = jǐ ge is for small numbers; duōshao suits big ones
1	jǐ	jǐ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ge	ge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	duōshao	duōshao	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	suits	suit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	appos	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | jǐ ge |  |  |  |  | for small numbers | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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jǐ ge means «what colour», not «how many»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers:t4:o4:1
# text = jǐ ge means «what colour», not «how many»
1	jǐ	jǐ	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	flat:foreign	_	_
2	ge	ge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | jǐ ge | what colour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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