Exam question 4 · Counting to 100 and lucky numbers

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

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

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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 distinction	det
10	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 ge	case
12	jǐ	jǐ	X	Foreign=Yes	13 ge	flat:foreign
13	ge	ge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinction	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 duōshao	cc
15	duōshao	duōshao	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ge	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	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

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 former denotes order, whereas the latter denotes age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 denotes	punct
6	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	9 denotes	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 latter	det
8	latter	latter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 denotes	nsubj
9	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 denotes	conj
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 denotes	obj

#	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

The former concerns money exclusively, whereas the latter concerns persons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 concerns	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 concerns	amod
3	concerns	concern	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 money	compound
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 money	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 persons	punct
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	11 persons	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 concerns	det
9	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 concerns	amod
10	concerns	concern	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 persons	compound
11	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 money	conj

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

Option 3

The two are interchangeable in every context without exception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 two	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	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	in	in	ADP	_	7 context	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 context	det
7	context	context	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 interchangeable	obl
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 exception	case
9	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 interchangeable	obl

#	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

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 suits	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 suits	amod
3	suits	suit	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 quantities	amod
5	quantities	quantity	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 suits	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 amounts	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 latter	det
8	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 amounts	amod
9	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 amounts	amod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 unknown	cc
11	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 larger	conj
12	amounts	amount	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 quantities	conj

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

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