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What does the bag really weigh? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, Ava, ton, bathroom scales · **What happens:** say, weigh, be · **To what, where:** bag, ton, 5 kg · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Mum says the bag «weighs a ton», Ava says «it's like a hundred bricks», and the bathroom scales say 5 kg. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t12:1 # text = ★★★ Mum says the bag «weighs a ton», Ava says «it's like a hundred bricks», and the bathroom scales say 5 kg. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 weighs weigh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ton ton NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Ava Ava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 « « PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 » » PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 bathroom bathroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 kg kg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ | the bag | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bag=Topic | | 2 | **weigh** *in a quote* | present | ★ *not said here* | a ton | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme ton=Value | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ava | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ton | | | | | like hundred bricks | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the bathroom scales | 5 kg | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kg=Topic | 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 does the bag really weigh? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t12:2 # text = What does the bag really weigh? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 weigh weigh VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weigh** | present · do-support | | | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme what=Value | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} 5 kg ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t12:o1:1 # text = 5 kg 1 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kg kg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 100 bricks ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t12:o2:1 # text = 100 bricks 1 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} More than Mum ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t12:o3:1 # text = More than Mum 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 3 advmod _ _ 2 than than ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 1000 kg ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t12:o4:1 # text = 1000 kg 1 1000 1000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kg kg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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