--- title: Ascertain the value of the Kel numeral "mu lan ro", given that a num… — Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the value of the Kel numeral "mu lan ro", given that a numeral preceding "lan" multiplies it and one following "lan" is added to it. Exam question 3 of lesson 58 «Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages/e3/) [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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages Ascertain the value of the Kel numeral "mu lan ro", given that a numeral preceding "lan" multiplies it and one following "lan" is added to it. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, numeral · **What happens:** ascertain, give, precede, multiply, follow, add · **To what, where:** value, lan, one, numeral, Kel numeral This is exam question 3 of lesson 58 «Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages» of the English 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/english/58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the value of the Kel numeral "mu lan ro", given that a numeral preceding "lan" multiplies it and one following "lan" is added to it. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Kel Kel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 numeral numeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 mu mu NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 10 lan lan NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 ro ro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 numeral numeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 18 preceding precede VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 lan lan NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 multiplies multiply VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 lan lan NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the value of the Kel numeral | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Topic | | 2 | **give** | participle | | the value of the Kel numeral *not said here* | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **precede** | gerund | a numeral *not said here* | lan | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lan=Co-Theme | | 4 | **multiply** | present | a numeral | lan | | | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | | lan | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lan=Theme | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | one | numeral | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to it=Co-Patient | | 7 | **value** | | | the Kel numeral | | | | | nom value «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} Twenty-seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:e3:o1:1 # text = Twenty-seven 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Seventeen ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:e3:o2:1 # text = Seventeen 1 Seventeen seventeen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Twenty-three ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:e3:o3:1 # text = Twenty-three 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:e3:o4:1 # text = Twelve 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 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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