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title: Ben brags «a thousand sweets» and gives Ama «half». Ama expects 500.… — Which number counts? Hyperbole and rea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben brags «a thousand sweets» and gives Ama «half». Ama expects 500. What really happens? Test 2 · ★★ 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; M
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths

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Ben brags «a thousand sweets» and gives Ama «half». Ama expects 500. What really happens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ben, Ama · **What happens:** brag, give, expect, happen · **To what, where:** thousand sweets, half, Ama, 500

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben brags «a thousand sweets» and gives Ama «half».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t2:1
# text = Ben brags «a thousand sweets» and gives Ama «half».
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brags	brag	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	Ama	Ama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	iobj	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brag** *speech: other* | present | Ben | thousand sweets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | Ben *not said here* | half | Ama |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ama=Recipient half=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:* Ama expects 500.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t2:2
# text = Ama expects 500.
1	Ama	ama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	expects	expect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | present | Ama | 500 |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 500=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What really happens?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t2:3
# text = What really happens?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She gets 14, because Ben gives her all of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t2:o1:1
# text = She gets 14, because Ben gives her all of them
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | She | 14 |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 14=Stimulus |
| 2 | **give** | present | Ben | all | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient all=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She gets nothing, because there were no sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t2:o2:1
# text = She gets nothing, because there were no sweets
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
7	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | She | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
| 2 | **be** | past | no sweets |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She gets 500, because half of a thousand is 500

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t2:o3:1
# text = She gets 500, because half of a thousand is 500
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	11	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | She | 500 |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 500=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | present | half of a thousand | 500 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She gets 7, because there were only 14

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t2:o4:1
# text = She gets 7, because there were only 14
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
7	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | She | 7 |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 7=Stimulus |
| 2 | **be** | past | 14 |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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