--- title: ★★★ «We walked like a million miles!» The app says the class walked… — Which number counts? Hyperbole and rea… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ «We walked like a million miles!» The app says the class walked 3.2 km there and the same back. How far did they walk in all? Test 9 · ★★ 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 pragmati --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths ★★★ «We walked like a million miles!» The app says the class walked 3.2 km there and the same back. How far did they walk in all? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, app, class, miles · **What happens:** walk, say · **To what, where:** 3.2 km, all · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «We walked like a million miles!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t9:1 # text = ★★★ «We walked like a million miles!» 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 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** *in a quote* | past | ★ | | | | | like million miles | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* The app says the class walked 3.2 km there and the same back. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t9:2 # text = The app says the class walked 3.2 km there and the same back. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 app app NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 3.2 3.2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 km km NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the app | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **walk** | past | the class | 3.2 km | | there | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme km=Trajectory | *Sentence 3:* How far did they walk in all? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t9:3 # text = How far did they walk in all? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past · do-support | miles *= mile* | | | all | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in all=Trajectory | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A million miles ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t9:o1:1 # text = A million miles 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 2 million miles ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t9:o2:1 # text = 2 million miles 1 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 3.2 km ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t9:o3:1 # text = 3.2 km 1 3.2 3.2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 km km NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 6.4 km ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths:t9:o4:1 # text = 6.4 km 1 6.4 6.4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 km km NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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