--- title: Which sum did the foreign merchants owe to Mark, according to the te… — Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonde… · tree and pragmatics description: Which sum did the foreign merchants owe to Mark, according to the text? Exam question 2 of lesson 1754 «Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars, part 5: the boy loses his cake and his head, then Mark the Rich plots against a baby» 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/1754-pg641-part5/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/) / [Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonde…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1754-pg641-part5/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars, part 5… Which sum did the foreign merchants owe to Mark, according to the text? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sum, foreign merchants · **What happens:** do, owe, accord · **To what, where:** Mark This is exam question 2 of lesson 1754 «Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars, part 5: the boy loses his cake and his head, then Mark the Rich plots against a baby» 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/1754-pg641-part5/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:e2:1 # text = Which sum did the foreign merchants owe to Mark, according to the text? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 owe owe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Mark Mark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 case _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which sum | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **owe** | present | the foreign merchants | | Mark and the text | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to mark=Goal | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | 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} two hundred ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:e2:o1:1 # text = two hundred 1 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} ten crowns ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:e2:o2:1 # text = ten crowns 1 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 crowns crown NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} twelve thousand crowns ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:e2:o3:1 # text = twelve thousand crowns 1 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 crowns crown NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} nine thousand crowns ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:e2:o4:1 # text = nine thousand crowns 1 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 crowns crown 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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