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title: Which of the following statements correctly identifies the sum that… — Contes, The Pied Piper of Hamel, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements correctly identifies the sum that the piper demanded for each rat removed from the town of Hamel? Exam question 1 of lesson 1552 «Contes, The Pied Piper of Hamel, part 49: Drakestail becomes king, and the piper clears Hamel of rats, then the children vanish» of the 
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# Exam question 1 · Contes, The Pied Piper of Hamel, part 49: Drakestail becom…

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Which of the following statements correctly identifies the sum that the piper demanded for each rat removed from the town of Hamel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** piper · **What happens:** follow, identify, demand, remove · **To what, where:** sum, rat, town

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1552 «Contes, The Pied Piper of Hamel, part 49: Drakestail becomes king, and the piper clears Hamel of rats, then the children vanish» 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/1552-pg540-part49/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1552-pg540-part49:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements correctly identifies the sum that the piper demanded for each rat removed from the town of Hamel?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	piper	piper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	demanded	demand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Hamel	Hamel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **identify** | present |  | the sum |  |  |  | of the following statements; correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sum=Theme |
| 3 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | the piper | the sum *not said here* |  |  |  | for each rat | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sum=Precondition |
| 4 | **remove** | participle |  | each rat *not said here* |  | the town of Hamel |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from town=Source |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A gros per head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1552-pg540-part49:e1:o1:1
# text = A gros per head
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gros	gros	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	per	per	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two gros per head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1552-pg540-part49:e1:o2:1
# text = Two gros per head
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	gros	gro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	per	per	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A crown per head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1552-pg540-part49:e1:o3:1
# text = A crown per head
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	per	per	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Per head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1552-pg540-part49:e1:o4:1
# text = Per head
1	Per	per	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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