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description: Which of the following correctly states the number of persons with whom the student was confined within the diligence? Exam question 1 of lesson 842 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 53: the clerk wakes at his table; the student's goloshes carry him to Italy» of the books course
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 53:…

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Which of the following correctly states the number of persons with whom the student was confined within the diligence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, state, confine · **To what, where:** number, student

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 842 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 53: the clerk wakes at his table; the student's goloshes carry him to Italy» 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/842-pg27200-part53/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:e1:1
# text = Which of the following correctly states the number of persons with whom the student was confined within the diligence?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	_
17	within	within	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	diligence	diligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the number of persons with the number of persons with the number |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 3 | **confine** | past · passive |  | the student |  |  |  | within the diligence | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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nine companions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:e1:o1:1
# text = nine companions
1	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	companions	companion	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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eight others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:e1:o2:1
# text = eight others
1	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	others	other	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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eight other sleepy passengers in the diligence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:e1:o3:1
# text = eight other sleepy passengers in the diligence
1	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	passengers	passenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	diligence	diligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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eight other persons in the coach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:e1:o4:1
# text = eight other persons in the coach
1	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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