--- title: Which sum of money did the Coal Man propose as remuneration for assi… — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics description: Which sum of money did the Coal Man propose as remuneration for assistance with the two wagons? Exam question 1 of lesson 1401 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 14: Pinocchio begs for pennies, refuses hard work, and is recognised by the Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1401-pg500-part14/e1/) [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/) / [Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1401-pg500-part14/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 14: Pinocchio… Which sum of money did the Coal Man propose as remuneration for assistance with the two wagons? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sum · **What happens:** propose, sum · **To what, where:** money This is exam question 1 of lesson 1401 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 14: Pinocchio begs for pennies, refuses hard work, and is recognised by the Fairy» 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/1401-pg500-part14/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:e1:1 # text = Which sum of money did the Coal Man propose as remuneration for assistance with the two wagons? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Coal Coal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 propose propose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 remuneration remuneration NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 wagons wagon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **propose** | past · do-support | which sum of money | | | | | as remuneration; for assistance with the two wagons | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sum** | | | money | | | | | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#o1} six shillings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:e1:o1:1 # text = six shillings 1 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 shillings shilling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} four pennies ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:e1: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 _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} three pennies ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:e1:o3:1 # text = three pennies 1 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pennies penny NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} four pennies and a sugar lump ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:e1:o4:1 # text = four pennies and a sugar lump 1 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pennies penny NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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