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title: Which of the following accurately states the price for which the ABC… — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately states the price for which the ABC book was sold to the ragpicker? Exam question 3 of lesson 1392 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 5: Pinocchio saves Harlequin from Fire Eater's fire» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 5: Pinocchio…

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Which of the following accurately states the price for which the ABC book was sold to the ragpicker?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, state, sell · **To what, where:** price, ABC book, ragpicker

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1392 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 5: Pinocchio saves Harlequin from Fire Eater's fire» 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/1392-pg500-part5/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1392-pg500-part5:e3:1
# text = Which of the following accurately states the price for which the ABC book was sold to the ragpicker?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	ABC	ABC	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	ragpicker	ragpicker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the price |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent price=Topic |
| 3 | **sell** | past · passive |  | the ABC book | the ragpicker |  |  | for the price | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme for which=Asset to ragpicker=Recipient |

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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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Forty gold florins from the market stall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1392-pg500-part5:e3:o1:1
# text = Forty gold florins from the market stall
1	Forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	florins	florin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	stall	stall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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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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Four pennies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1392-pg500-part5:e3:o2:1
# text = Four pennies
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pennies	penny	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Two silver coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1392-pg500-part5:e3:o3:1
# text = Two silver coins
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	silver	silver	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 4 {#o4}

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Ten silver coins and an old ragged hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1392-pg500-part5:e3:o4:1
# text = Ten silver coins and an old ragged hat
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	ragged	ragged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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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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