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title: ★★ Aoife: «like a million people, well, thirty». Rosie: «a million R… — Which number counts? Hyperbole and rea… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★ Aoife: «like a million people, well, thirty». Rosie: «a million Robux, well, 500». What rule works for both? Test 7 · ★★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths

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★★ Aoife: «like a million people, well, thirty». Rosie: «a million Robux, well, 500». What rule works for both?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rule · **What happens:** work

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★ Aoife: «like a million people, well, thirty».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t7:1
# text = ★★ Aoife: «like a million people, well, thirty».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Aoife	Aoife	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	well	well	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Rosie: «a million Robux, well, 500».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t7:2
# text = Rosie: «a million Robux, well, 500».
1	Rosie	Rosie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	Robux	Robux	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	well	well	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What rule works for both?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t7:3
# text = What rule works for both?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | what rule |  |  |  |  | for both | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for both=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Add the two numbers together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t7:o1:1
# text = Add the two numbers together
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the two numbers |  |  |  | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The last, corrected number counts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t7:o2:1
# text = The last, corrected number counts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	corrected	correct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **count** | present | the corrected number |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The first number said always counts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t7:o3:1
# text = The first number said always counts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the first number *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **count** | present | the first number |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The biggest number always counts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t7:o4:1
# text = The biggest number always counts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | the biggest number |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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