--- title: A speaker states «a million people, well, thirty». Ascertain the num… — Which number counts? Hyperbole and rea… · tree and pragmatics description: A speaker states «a million people, well, thirty». Ascertain the number of persons present. Exam question 3 of lesson 46 «Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [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/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/) / [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths A speaker states «a million people, well, thirty». Ascertain the number of persons present. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** speaker, you, persons · **What happens:** state, ascertain, present · **To what, where:** million people, number This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A speaker states «a million people, well, thirty». ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:e3:1 # text = A speaker states «a million people, well, thirty». 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 states state VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 well well INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | present | a speaker | million people | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent people=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:* Ascertain the number of persons present. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:e3:2 # text = Ascertain the number of persons present. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 present present VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **present** | present | persons | the number *not said here* | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} One million ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:e3:o1:1 # text = One million 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} One million and thirty ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:e3:o2:1 # text = One million and thirty 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Thirty ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:e3:o3:1 # text = Thirty 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} It cannot be ascertained ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:e3:o4:1 # text = It cannot be ascertained 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 ascertained ascertain 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** **ascertain** | can · passive | | It | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | **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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