--- title: What sum was agreed upon for the sale of the house? — Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu: the veil… · tree and pragmatics description: What sum was agreed upon for the sale of the house? Exam question 4 of lesson 1675 «Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu: the veil, the ring and the oven» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1675-pg5615-part64/e4/) [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, Ciccu: the veil…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1675-pg5615-part64/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu: the veil, the ring and the o… What sum was agreed upon for the sale of the house? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** agree · **To what, where:** sum This is exam question 4 of lesson 1675 «Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu: the veil, the ring and the oven» 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/1675-pg5615-part64/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1675-pg5615-part64:e4:1 # text = What sum was agreed upon for the sale of the house? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sale sale NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · passive | | what sum | | | | upon the sale of the house | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | 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} ten coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1675-pg5615-part64:e4:o1:1 # text = ten coins 1 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a large sum paid over a week ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1675-pg5615-part64:e4:o2:1 # text = a large sum paid over a week 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | participle | | a large sum *not said here* | | | week | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} a small sum ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1675-pg5615-part64:e4:o3:1 # text = a small sum 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a large sum paid in eight days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1675-pg5615-part64:e4:o4:1 # text = a large sum paid in eight days 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | participle | | a large sum *not said here* | | | day | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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