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title: ★★★ Leo says he's read every one of the library's 4,000 books. If he… — My dad could lift a car: playground bo… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Leo says he's read every one of the library's 4,000 books. If he read one book every day, about how many years would 4,000 books take? Test 11 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 t
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# Test 11 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting

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★★★ Leo says he's read every one of the library's 4,000 books. If he read one book every day, about how many years would 4,000 books take?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, 4,000 books · **What happens:** say, read, take · **To what, where:** ★, one book · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» 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/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Leo says he's read every one of the library's 4,000 books.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t11:1
# text = ★★★ Leo says he's read every one of the library's 4,000 books.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	list	_	_
4	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	4,000	4,000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **read** | present · passive |  | ★ |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient one=Topic |

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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:* If he read one book every day, about how many years would 4,000 books take?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t11:2
# text = If he read one book every day, about how many years would 4,000 books take?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
9	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	4,000	4,000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | ★ | one book |  |  | day |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | would | 4,000 books |  |  |  | year |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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About one year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t11:o1:1
# text = About one year
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About forty years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t11:o2:1
# text = About forty years
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About eleven years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t11:o3:1
# text = About eleven years
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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About four years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t11:o4:1
# text = About four years
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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