--- title: State the number of robbers who comprised the family occupying the t… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics description: State the number of robbers who comprised the family occupying the tower. Exam question 3 of lesson 1852 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part 36: the prince falls for a fairy's reflection, and the friends escape the robbers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1852-pg7128-part36/e3/) [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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1852-pg7128-part36/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part… State the number of robbers who comprised the family occupying the tower. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, robbers, family · **What happens:** state, comprise, occupy · **To what, where:** number, family, tower This is exam question 3 of lesson 1852 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part 36: the prince falls for a fairy's reflection, and the friends escape the robbers» 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/1852-pg7128-part36/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:e3:1 # text = State the number of robbers who comprised the family occupying the tower. 1 State state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 comprised comprise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 occupying occupy VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of robbers | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **comprise** | past | robbers | the family | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme family=Pivot | | 3 | **occupy** | gerund | the family *not said here* | the tower | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tower=Experiencer | 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} Eleven, not counting the captives ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:e3:o1:1 # text = Eleven, not counting the captives 1 Eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **count** | gerund | | the captives | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captive=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Twelve, counting the old father ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:e3:o2:1 # text = Twelve, counting the old father 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | gerund | | the old father | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Eleven robbers, including one elder sister, and the captives they kept in the tower ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:e3:o3:1 # text = Eleven robbers, including one elder sister, and the captives they kept in the tower 1 Eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 including including ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the captives | Eleven robbers and one elder sister *not said here* | | the tower | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent robber=Theme in tower=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Eleven, including one elder sister ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:e3:o4:1 # text = Eleven, including one elder sister 1 Eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 including including ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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