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title: Specify the number of heads possessed by the being named Sakatirina,… — Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma bea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Specify the number of heads possessed by the being named Sakatirina, as stated in the narrative. Exam question 3 of lesson 1136 «Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the river spirit, then is sent to find Sakatirina» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 3 · Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the ri…

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Specify the number of heads possessed by the being named Sakatirina, as stated in the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** specify, possess, name, state · **To what, where:** number, heads, narrative

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1136 «Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the river spirit, then is sent to find Sakatirina» of the books 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1136-pg3027-part2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e3:1
# text = Specify the number of heads possessed by the being named Sakatirina, as stated in the narrative.
1	Specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	possessed	possess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
11	Sakatirina	Sakatirina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of heads |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent number=Theme |
| 2 | **possess** | participle |  | heads *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **name** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |
| 4 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  | the narrative |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e3:o1:1
# text = two
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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five

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e3:o2:1
# text = five
1	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e3:o3:1
# text = one
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e3:o4:1
# text = three
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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