Exam question 1 · Names and "how old are you?"
Identify the order in which the components of the name Wáng Míng are presented.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, present, compose · To what, where: order, components, name
This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Names and "how old are you?"» 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.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 order | det |
| 3 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 presented | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 components | det |
| 7 | components | component | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 presented | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 name | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 name | det |
| 10 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 components | nmod |
| 11 | Wáng | Wáng | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 name | appos |
| 12 | Míng | Míng | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Wáng | flat |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 presented | aux:pass |
| 14 | presented | present | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 order | acl:relcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the order | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent order=Theme | ||||
| 2 | present | present · passive | the components of the name | the order | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | compose | the name | nom component «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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
Option 1
The names are interchangeable without distinction
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 names | det |
| 2 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 interchangeable | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 interchangeable | cop |
| 4 | interchangeable | interchangeable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 distinction | case |
| 6 | distinction | distinction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 interchangeable | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the names | without distinction; interchangeable property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The family name precedes the given name
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 name | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 name | compound |
| 3 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 precedes | nsubj |
| 4 | precedes | precede | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 name | det |
| 6 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 name | amod |
| 7 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 precedes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | precede | present | the family name | the given name | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | participle | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
The given name precedes the family name
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 name | det |
| 2 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 name | amod |
| 3 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 precedes | nsubj |
| 4 | precedes | precede | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 name | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 name | compound |
| 7 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 precedes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | participle | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | precede | present | the given name | the family name | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Co-Theme |
Option 4
The order is determined by the season
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 order | det |
| 2 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 determined | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 determined | aux:pass |
| 4 | determined | determine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 season | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 season | det |
| 7 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 determined | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | present · passive | the order | season | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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