Exam question 3 · Names and "how old are you?"

Select the response consistent with the established usage of the enquiry nǐ jǐ suì le.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, use · To what, where: response, enquiry

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 usage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 usage	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 usage	amod
8	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 enquiry	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 enquiry	det
11	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 usage	nmod
12	nǐ	nǐ	X	Foreign=Yes	13 jǐ	flat:foreign
13	jǐ	jǐ	X	Foreign=Yes	11 enquiry	conj
14	suì	suì	X	Foreign=Yes	13 jǐ	flat:foreign
15	le	le	X	Foreign=Yes	13 jǐ	flat:foreign
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	use			the enquiry	nom usage «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is employed in enquiring the age of children and young persons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 employed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 employed	aux:pass
3	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	5 enquiring	mark
5	enquiring	enquire	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 employed	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 age	det
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enquiring	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 children	case
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 age	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 persons	cc
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 persons	amod
12	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 children	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		It					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	enquire speech: other	gerund		the age of children and young persons					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent age=Recipient

Option 2

It is the most deferential enquiry addressed to elders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 enquiry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 enquiry	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 enquiry	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 deferential	advmod
5	deferential	deferential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 enquiry	amod
6	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 enquiry	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 elders	case
9	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 addressed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the deferential enquiry					tree rules
2	address	participle		the deferential enquiry not said here					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is an enquiry regarding a person's surname

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 enquiry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 enquiry	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 enquiry	det
4	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 surname	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 surname	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 person	case
9	surname	surname	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enquiry	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a enquiry				regard a person's surname	tree rules
2	regard	gerund							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is a valediction among adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 valediction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 valediction	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 valediction	det
4	valediction	valediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	among	among	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 valediction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a valediction				among adults	tree rules

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