--- title: What precise number of peas did the old woman stipulate for cooking? — Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a… · tree and pragmatics description: What precise number of peas did the old woman stipulate for cooking? Exam question 2 of lesson 1916 «Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a patient old woman, and a bell at the castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1916-pg7277-part53/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/) / [Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1916-pg7277-part53/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a pat… What precise number of peas did the old woman stipulate for cooking? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old woman · **What happens:** stipulate This is exam question 2 of lesson 1916 «Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a patient old woman, and a bell at the castle» 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/1916-pg7277-part53/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:e2:1 # text = What precise number of peas did the old woman stipulate for cooking? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obl _ _ 2 precise precise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 stipulate stipulate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stipulate** | past · do-support | the old woman | | | | | for cooking | tree rules | 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} Forty-five, neither more nor fewer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:e2:o1:1 # text = Forty-five, neither more nor fewer 1 Forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 6 cc:preconj _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 7 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 8 cc _ _ 8 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Fifty-four, neither more nor fewer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:e2:o2:1 # text = Fifty-four, neither more nor fewer 1 Fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 6 cc:preconj _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 conj _ _ 7 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 8 cc _ _ 8 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Fifteen, neither more nor fewer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:e2:o3:1 # text = Fifteen, neither more nor fewer 1 Fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 4 cc:preconj _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 conj _ _ 5 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 6 cc _ _ 6 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Sixty, neither more nor fewer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:e2:o4:1 # text = Sixty, neither more nor fewer 1 Sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 4 cc:preconj _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 conj _ _ 5 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 6 cc _ _ 6 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 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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