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title: ★★★ Count the twelve tales: in how many is a little girl an importan… — Just So Stories, The Butterfly that St… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Count the twelve tales: in how many is a little girl an important character? Test 17 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the Butterfly stamps, Balkis is wise, and the book ends» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the B…

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★★★ Count the twelve tales: in how many is a little girl an important character?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, many · **What happens:** count, be · **To what, where:** twelve tales

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This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the Butterfly stamps, Balkis is wise, and the book ends» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t17:1
# text = ★★★ Count the twelve tales: in how many is a little girl an important character?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | infinitive | ★ | the twelve tales |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | many |  |  |  |  | in a little girl; a important character *obl:unmarked* | tree rules |

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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: the two Taffy stories and the Crab story and the Armadillo story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t17:o1:1
# text = Three: the two Taffy stories and the Crab story and the Armadillo story
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Crab	Crab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Armadillo	Armadillo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Four: all the Taffy stories and one more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t17:o2:1
# text = Four: all the Taffy stories and one more
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Four: two Taffy stories, the Crab story, and a tale about the Elephant's Child

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t17:o3:1
# text = Four: two Taffy stories, the Crab story, and a tale about the Elephant's Child
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Crab	Crab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	Child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Three: the two Taffy stories and the Crab story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t17:o4:1
# text = Three: the two Taffy stories and the Crab story
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Crab	Crab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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