--- title: To what sum did the professor offer to purchase the tiny newt from H… — Book of Dragons, The Last of the Drago… · tree and pragmatics description: To what sum did the professor offer to purchase the tiny newt from Harry? Exam question 2 of lesson 640 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 8: a dragon in Effie's eye is followed by a plague of dragons across the land» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/640-pg23661-part8/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/) / [Book of Dragons, The Last of the Drago…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/640-pg23661-part8/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 8: a dragon… To what sum did the professor offer to purchase the tiny newt from Harry? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sum · **What happens:** do, purchase · **To what, where:** professor offer, tiny newt, Harry This is exam question 2 of lesson 640 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 8: a dragon in Effie's eye is followed by a plague of dragons across the land» 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/640-pg23661-part8/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:e2:1 # text = To what sum did the professor offer to purchase the tiny newt from Harry? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 professor professor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 purchase purchase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 newt newt NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Harry Harry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | sum | the professor offer | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **purchase** | to-infinitive | sum *not said here* | the tiny newt | | Harry | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent newt=Theme from harry=Source | 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} five pounds and a brand new hat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:e2:o1:1 # text = five pounds and a brand new hat 1 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 brand brand ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} three shillings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:e2:o2:1 # text = three shillings 1 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 shillings shilling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} two shillings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:e2:o3:1 # text = two shillings 1 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 shillings shilling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} half a crown ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:e2:o4:1 # text = half a crown 1 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 3 det:predet _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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