--- title: Identify the quantity of the second purchase made by the owner after… — Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burden… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the quantity of the second purchase made by the owner after the first mishap. Exam question 2 of lesson 137 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burdens: a clever donkey tries to cheat his master with salt and sponges» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/137-pg11339-part7/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burden…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/137-pg11339-part7/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burdens: a clever donkey t… Identify the quantity of the second purchase made by the owner after the first mishap. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, make · **To what, where:** quantity, second purchase This is exam question 2 of lesson 137 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burdens: a clever donkey tries to cheat his master with salt and sponges» 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/137-pg11339-part7/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:137-pg11339-part7:e2:1 # text = Identify the quantity of the second purchase made by the owner after the first mishap. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 purchase purchase NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 15 mishap mishap NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the quantity of the second purchase | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme | | 2 | **make** | participle | | the second purchase *not said here* | | | after the first mishap | by the owner | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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} More sponges, added to the load ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:137-pg11339-part7:e2:o1:1 # text = More sponges, added to the load 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 sponges sponge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle · passive | | More sponges | | | | to the load | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to load=Co-Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sponges, placed in the old panniers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:137-pg11339-part7:e2:o2:1 # text = Sponges, placed in the old panniers 1 Sponges sponge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 panniers pannier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | participle · passive | | Sponges | | the old panniers | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in pannier=Destination | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} More salt, added to the remaining load ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:137-pg11339-part7:e2:o3:1 # text = More salt, added to the remaining load 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 remaining remaining ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle | | More salt *not said here* | | | | to the remaining load | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to load=Co-Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} More salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:137-pg11339-part7:e2:o4:1 # text = More salt 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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