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title: What sum of money did Schacabac inherit from his father, as recorded… — Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What sum of money did Schacabac inherit from his father, as recorded in the account? Exam question 3 of lesson 195 «Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers, part 35: Alnaschar takes revenge, then is robbed and banished; Schacabac meets a Barmecide» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers, part 35: Alnaschar…

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What sum of money did Schacabac inherit from his father, as recorded in the account?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sum · **What happens:** inherit, record, sum · **To what, where:** account, money

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 195 «Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers, part 35: Alnaschar takes revenge, then is robbed and banished; Schacabac meets a Barmecide» 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/195-pg128-part35/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:e3:1
# text = What sum of money did Schacabac inherit from his father, as recorded in the account?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Schacabac	Schacabac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	inherit	inherit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inherit** | past · do-support | what sum of money |  |  |  |  | from Schacabac's father | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from father=Source |
| 2 | **record** | participle | what sum of money *not said here* |  |  | the account |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in account=Destination |
| 3 | **sum** |  |  | money |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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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two hundred silver drachmas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:e3:o1:1
# text = two hundred silver drachmas
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	drachmas	drachma	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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one hundred silver drachmas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:e3:o2:1
# text = one hundred silver drachmas
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	drachmas	drachma	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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one hundred silver drachmas and a house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:e3:o3:1
# text = one hundred silver drachmas and a house
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	drachmas	drachma	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the full hundred silver drachmas plus the estate and lands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:e3:o4:1
# text = the full hundred silver drachmas plus the estate and lands
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	drachmas	drachma	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	estate	estate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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