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title: ★★★ «There were like a thousand kids at the party, no, twenty, oh an… — Which number counts? Hyperbole and rea… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ «There were like a thousand kids at the party, no, twenty, oh and five grown-ups.» Each person got 2 balloons. How many balloons in all? Test 11 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths

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★★★ «There were like a thousand kids at the party, no, twenty, oh and five grown-ups.» Each person got 2 balloons. How many balloons in all?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person · **What happens:** be, grow, get · **To what, where:** twenty, 2 balloons

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This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «There were like a thousand kids at the party, no, twenty, oh and five grown-ups.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t11:1
# text = ★★★ «There were like a thousand kids at the party, no, twenty, oh and five grown-ups.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	17	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
22	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past |  | twenty |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Each person got 2 balloons.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t11:2
# text = Each person got 2 balloons.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	balloons	balloon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | each person | 2 balloons |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer balloon=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* How many balloons in all?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t11:3
# text = How many balloons in all?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	balloons	balloon	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	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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2,010

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t11:o1:1
# text = 2,010
1	2,010	2,010	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t11:o2:1
# text = 50
1	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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2,000

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t11:o3:1
# text = 2,000
1	2,000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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40

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t11:o4:1
# text = 40
1	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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