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title: According to the passage, what was the price the rogues paid to acqu… — Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the passage, what was the price the rogues paid to acquire the second goat from Simon? Exam question 2 of lesson 1906 «Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule that three rogues swear is a donkey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 2 · Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule…

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According to the passage, what was the price the rogues paid to acquire the second goat from Simon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage, rogues · **What happens:** accord, be, pay, acquire · **To what, where:** price, second goat, Simon

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1906 «Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule that three rogues swear is a donkey» 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/1906-pg7277-part43/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:e2:1
# text = According to the passage, what was the price the rogues paid to acquire the second goat from Simon?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rogues	rogue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	17	amod	_	_
17	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Simon	Simon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the passage and the price | the price |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay** | past | the rogues |  |  |  |  | accord the passage and the price | tree rules |
| 4 | **acquire** | to-infinitive | the rogues *not said here* | the second goat |  | Simon |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent goat=Theme from simon=Source |

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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}

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A hundred gold pieces, plus the mule as well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:e2:o1:1
# text = A hundred gold pieces, plus the mule as well
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	8	advmod	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	fixed	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Thirty gold pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:e2:o2:1
# text = Thirty gold pieces
1	Thirty	thirty	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	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Forty silver coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:e2:o3:1
# text = Forty silver coins
1	Forty	forty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Fifty gold pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:e2:o4:1
# 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	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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