--- title: Try writing one hundred and five with no zero sign. What problem do… — Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our nu… · tree and pragmatics description: Try writing one hundred and five with no zero sign. What problem do you hit? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 8 «Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our numbers» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers/t2/) [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/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our nu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★★ · Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our numbers Try writing one hundred and five with no zero sign. What problem do you hit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** try, write, hit · **To what, where:** one hundred This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 8 «Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our numbers» of the history 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/history/8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Try writing one hundred and five with no zero sign. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t2:1 # text = Try writing one hundred and five with no zero sign. 1 Try try VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 writing write VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 compound _ _ 4 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 conj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 9 zero zero NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **write** *not said to happen* | gerund | you *not said here* | one hundred | | | | with no zero sign | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hundred=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What problem do you hit? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t2:2 # text = What problem do you hit? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Co-Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It becomes a million ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t2:o1:1 # text = It becomes a million 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | It | a million | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient million=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, zero is never needed ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t2:o2:1 # text = Nothing, zero is never needed 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 zero zero NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | present · passive | | Nothing zero | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} You cannot tell it apart from fifteen ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t2:o3:1 # text = You cannot tell it apart from fifteen 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 apart apart ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | You | | it | fifteen | | apart *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It turns into a letter ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t2:o4:1 # text = It turns into a letter 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | It | | | a letter | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into letter=Trajectory | **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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