--- title: «miss it says a hundred times, so is it 100 × 3 × 4??» What do you s… — Which number counts? Hyperbole and rea… · tree and pragmatics description: «miss it says a hundred times, so is it 100 × 3 × 4??» What do you say? Test 1 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice was w --- [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/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths «miss it says a hundred times, so is it 100 × 3 × 4??» What do you say? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, it · **What happens:** miss, say, be · **To what, where:** 100 · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 46 «Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths» 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/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «miss it says a hundred times, so is it 100 × 3 × 4??» ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t1:1 # text = «miss it says a hundred times, so is it 100 × 3 × 4??» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 miss miss VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 × × SYM SYM Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 14 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 × × SYM SYM Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | it | | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | 100 | | | | | 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:* What do you say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t1:2 # text = What do you say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, the hundred is how often he nagged; only 3 and 4 are books ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t1:o1:1 # text = No, the hundred is how often he nagged; only 3 and 4 are books 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 often often ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 nagged nag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 conj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | nag, often *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | | hundred books | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, it should be 100 + 3 + 4 = 107 books ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t1:o2:1 # text = No, it should be 100 + 3 + 4 = 107 books 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 7 + + SYM SYM _ 8 cc _ _ 8 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 conj _ _ 9 + + SYM SYM _ 10 cc _ _ 10 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 conj _ _ 11 = = SYM SYM _ 12 case _ _ 12 107 107 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | should | it | 100 | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yes, every number in a problem must be used somewhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t1:o3:1 # text = Yes, every number in a problem must be used somewhere 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 somewhere somewhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | must · passive | | every number in a problem | | | | somewhere *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, because the biggest number always goes first ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t1:o4:1 # text = Yes, because the biggest number always goes first 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | the biggest number | | | | | always, first *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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