--- title: Which of the following correctly states the number of lashes the kin… — Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beati… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following correctly states the number of lashes the king ordered to be administered to Peppe upon discovery of the deception? Exam question 2 of lesson 1673 «Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beating, a fig trade and a royal job» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1673-pg5615-part62/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/) / [Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beati…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1673-pg5615-part62/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beating, a fig trade and… Which of the following correctly states the number of lashes the king ordered to be administered to Peppe upon discovery of the deception? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king, lashes · **What happens:** follow, state, order, administer, discover · **To what, where:** number, lashes, Peppe, deception This is exam question 2 of lesson 1673 «Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beating, a fig trade and a royal job» 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/1673-pg5615-part62/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:e2:1 # text = Which of the following correctly states the number of lashes the king ordered to be administered to Peppe upon discovery of the deception? 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 correctly correctly 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 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 lashes lash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 administered administer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Peppe Peppe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 discovery discovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 deception deception NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? 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 | **state** *speech: other* | present | | the number of lashes | | | | correctly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 3 | **order** | past | the king | lashes *not said here* | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent lash=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **administer** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | lashes *not said here* | | Peppe | | | upon discovery of the deception | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to peppe=Recipient | | 5 | **discover** | | | the deception | | | | | nom discovery «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Fifty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:e2:o1:1 # text = Fifty 1 Fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Six ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:e2:o2:1 # text = Six 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:e2:o3:1 # text = Ten 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Twenty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:e2:o4:1 # text = Twenty 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 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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