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title: A pupil asserts that she possesses «a MILLION Robux, no cap, well, 5… — My dad could lift a car: playground bo… · tree and pragmatics
description: A pupil asserts that she possesses «a MILLION Robux, no cap, well, 500». Ascertain the quantity in her possession. Exam question 2 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 2 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting

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A pupil asserts that she possesses «a MILLION Robux, no cap, well, 500». Ascertain the quantity in her possession.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, you · **What happens:** assert, possess, ascertain · **To what, where:** MILLION Robux, quantity, possession

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» of the language course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A pupil asserts that she possesses «a MILLION Robux, no cap, well, 500».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e2:1
# text = A pupil asserts that she possesses «a MILLION Robux, no cap, well, 500».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asserts	assert	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	MILLION	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	Robux	Robux	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	well	well	INTJ	UH	_	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assert** | present | a pupil |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **possess** | present | pupil | MILLION Robux |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot robux=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:* Ascertain the quantity in her possession.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e2:2
# text = Ascertain the quantity in her possession.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the quantity |  | pupil's possession |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Topic |
| 2 | **possess** |  | pupil |  |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One million

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e2:o1:1
# text = One million
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It cannot be ascertained

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e2:o2:1
# text = It cannot be ascertained
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	ascertained	ascertain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ascertain** | can · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One million five hundred

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e2:o3:1
# text = One million five hundred
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Five hundred

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e2:o4:1
# text = Five hundred
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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