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title: Which sum of money did the father of Moti bestow upon his son at the… — Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which sum of money did the father of Moti bestow upon his son at the moment of departure? Exam question 3 of lesson 1299 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24: Lasse dreams of sailing the world, wakes in his boat, and Moti is robbed at an inn» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 3 · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24: Lasse dreams of sai…

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Which sum of money did the father of Moti bestow upon his son at the moment of departure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sum, father · **What happens:** do, bestow, sum · **To what, where:** money

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1299 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24: Lasse dreams of sailing the world, wakes in his boat, and Moti is robbed at an inn» 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/1299-pg3454-part24/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:e3:1
# text = Which sum of money did the father of Moti bestow upon his son at the moment of departure?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Moti	Moti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	bestow	bestow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which sum of money |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bestow** | present | the father of Moti |  |  |  | moment | upon father's son | tree rules |
| 3 | **sum** |  |  | money |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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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twenty gold coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:e3:o1:1
# text = twenty gold coins
1	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:e3:o2:1
# text = a horse
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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fifty silver pieces wrapped in a cloth bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:e3:o3:1
# text = fifty silver pieces wrapped in a cloth bag
1	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | participle |  | fifty silver pieces *not said here* |  | a cloth bag |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in bag=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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fifty silver pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:e3:o4:1
# text = fifty silver pieces
1	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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