--- title: ★★ In a problem: «Dad's had a thousand cups of tea today, ugh. He ma… — Which number counts? Hyperbole and rea… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★ In a problem: «Dad's had a thousand cups of tea today, ugh. He made 4 cups for each of 3 guests.» How many cups did he make for guests? Test 8 · ★★ 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 --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths ★★ In a problem: «Dad's had a thousand cups of tea today, ugh. He made 4 cups for each of 3 guests.» How many cups did he make for guests? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, many cups · **What happens:** have, make · **To what, where:** thousand cups, 4 cups This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★ In a problem: «Dad's had a thousand cups of tea today, ugh. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t8:1 # text = ★★ In a problem: «Dad's had a thousand cups of tea today, ugh. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 In in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 cups cup NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 ugh ugh INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | participle | | thousand cups of tea | | | today | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient | 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:* He made 4 cups for each of 3 guests.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t8:2 # text = He made 4 cups for each of 3 guests.» 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 cups cup NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | ★ | 4 cups | | | | for each | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cup=Material for each=Beneficiary | *Sentence 3:* How many cups did he make for guests? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t8:3 # text = How many cups did he make for guests? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cups cup NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · do-support | many cups | | | | | for guests | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for guest=Beneficiary | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 1012 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t8:o1:1 # text = 1012 1 1012 1012 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 1000 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t8:o2:1 # text = 1000 1 1000 1000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 7 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t8:o3:1 # text = 7 1 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 12 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t8:o4:1 # text = 12 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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