--- title: Which of the following best describes the sum for which the robbers… — Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph t… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following best describes the sum for which the robbers purchased the donkey from the shoemaker? Exam question 1 of lesson 1639 «Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 28: the robbers buy the donkey and the guitar and are fooled again» of the books course of Mova's prim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1639-pg5615-part28/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/) / [Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1639-pg5615-part28/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 2… Which of the following best describes the sum for which the robbers purchased the donkey from the shoemaker? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robbers · **What happens:** follow, describe, purchase · **To what, where:** sum, donkey, shoemaker This is exam question 1 of lesson 1639 «Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 28: the robbers buy the donkey and the guitar and are fooled again» 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/1639-pg5615-part28/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:e1:1 # text = Which of the following best describes the sum for which the robbers purchased the donkey from the shoemaker? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 case _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nmod _ _ 6 describes describe 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 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 purchased purchase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 shoemaker shoemaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **describe** | present | | the sum | | | | of the best | tree rules | | 3 | **purchase** | past | the robbers | the donkey | | the shoemaker | | for the sum | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent donkey=Theme for which=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 {#o1} Five hundred florins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:e1:o1:1 # text = Five hundred florins 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 florins florin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Forty gold coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:e1:o2:1 # text = Forty gold coins 1 Forty forty 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 _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Fifty gold pieces ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:e1:o3:1 # text = Fifty gold pieces 1 Fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Ten florins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:e1:o4:1 # text = Ten florins 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 florins florin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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