--- title: ★★★ Kofi says «my nan sent me a gazillion texts lol». She sent 3 in… — Starving, a million times and a ton: e… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Kofi says «my nan sent me a gazillion texts lol». She sent 3 in the morning, 4 at lunch and twice as many as at lunch in the afternoon. How many texts in all? 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How many texts in all? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, nan, gazillion · **What happens:** say, send, text · **To what, where:** ★, 3, lunch · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 of lesson 44 «Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole» of the language 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/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Kofi says «my nan sent me a gazillion texts lol». ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t11:1 # text = ★★★ Kofi says «my nan sent me a gazillion texts lol». 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 Kofi Kofi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 nan nan NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 gazillion gazillion NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 texts text VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 14 lol lol INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **send** *in a quote* | past | my nan | ★ | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **text** *in a quote* | present | a gazillion | | | | | | tree rules | 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:* She sent 3 in the morning, 4 at lunch and twice as many as at lunch in the afternoon. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t11:2 # text = She sent 3 in the morning, 4 at lunch and twice as many as at lunch in the afternoon. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 14 advmod _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | gazillion | 3 | | lunch | morning | 4 *obl* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3=Theme | *Sentence 3:* How many texts in all? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t11:3 # text = How many texts in all? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 texts text NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} 15 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t11:o1:1 # text = 15 1 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 14 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t11:o2:1 # text = 14 1 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A gazillion ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t11:o3:1 # text = A gazillion 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gazillion gazillion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 11 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t11:o4:1 # text = 11 1 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|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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