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title: State the number of apples furnished by the queen and the manner in… — PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the number of apples furnished by the queen and the manner in which each was to be divided. Exam question 3 of lesson 721 «PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the prince tests two travelling companions with apples and finds a true friend» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 3 · PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the princ…

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State the number of apples furnished by the queen and the manner in which each was to be divided.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, furnish, divide · **To what, where:** number, apples, manner

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 721 «PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the prince tests two travelling companions with apples and finds a true friend» 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/721-pg2435-part61/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:e3:1
# text = State the number of apples furnished by the queen and the manner in which each was to be divided.
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	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	furnished	furnish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	advmod	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 apples |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **furnish** | participle |  | apples *not said here* |  |  |  | by the queen and the manner | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **divide** | past · passive |  |  |  | the manner |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |

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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 {#o1}

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Three apples given by the queen, each cut into unequal halves by the prince at every inn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:e3:o1:1
# text = Three apples given by the queen, each cut into unequal halves by the prince at every inn
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	unequal	unequal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | Three apples *not said here* |  |  |  | by the queen | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **cut** | participle · passive | the prince | each |  | unequal halves |  | at every inn | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent subject=Material into half=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Three apples, each cut into unequal halves and shared among the three youths on the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:e3:o2:1
# text = Three apples, each cut into unequal halves and shared among the three youths on the road
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	unequal	unequal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	among	among	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	youths	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | participle · passive |  | Three apples |  | unequal halves |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into half=Product |
| 2 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | among the three youths on the road | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three apples, each divided into equal halves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:e3:o3:1
# text = Three apples, each divided into equal halves
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | participle · passive |  | Three apples |  | equal halves |  |  | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three apples, each cut into unequal halves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:721-pg2435-part61:e3:o4:1
# text = Three apples, each cut into unequal halves
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	unequal	unequal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | participle · passive |  | Three apples |  | unequal halves |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into half=Product |

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