--- title: It is given that Tom «has told his brother a hundred times» to tidy,… — Which number counts? Hyperbole and rea… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that Tom «has told his brother a hundred times» to tidy, and that the brother tidies three shelves each bearing four books. Determine the aggregate number of books tidied. Exam question 1 of lesson 46 «Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths» of the language course of Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/e1/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Which number counts? Hyperbole and rea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths It is given that Tom «has told his brother a hundred times» to tidy, and that the brother tidies three shelves each bearing four books. Determine the aggregate number of books tidied. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom, brother, you · **What happens:** give, tell, tidy, determine · **To what, where:** It, brother, three shelves, aggregate number, books · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 46 «Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths» of the language 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/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that Tom «has told his brother a hundred times» to tidy, and that the brother tidies three shelves each bearing four books. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:e1:1 # text = It is given that Tom «has told his brother a hundred times» to tidy, and that the brother tidies three shelves each bearing four books. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 iobj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 tidy tidy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 tidies tidy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 shelves shelf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 bearing bearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect | Tom | | Tom's brother | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **tidy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tidy** | present | the brother | three shelves | | | | | 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:* Determine the aggregate number of books tidied. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:e1:2 # text = Determine the aggregate number of books tidied. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 aggregate aggregate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 tidied tidy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate number of books | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **tidy** | participle | | books *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:e1:o1:1 # text = Twelve 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} One thousand two hundred ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:e1:o2:1 # text = One thousand two hundred 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 compound _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 compound _ _ 4 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Forty ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:e1:o3:1 # text = Forty 1 Forty forty NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} One hundred and seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:e1:o4:1 # text = One hundred and seven 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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