--- title: ★★★ English «a million times», Spanish «mil veces» (a thousand), Ukr… — Told you a hundred times: how other la… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ English «a million times», Spanish «mil veces» (a thousand), Ukrainian «сто разів» (a hundred). A mum told you off 12 real times. Which saying gives the real number? 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Which saying gives the real number? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, Ukrainian, mum · **What happens:** ★, разів, tell off, say, give · **To what, where:** English, hundred, you, real number · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 of lesson 53 «Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate and play down» 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/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ English «a million times», Spanish «mil veces» (a thousand), Ukrainian «сто разів» (a hundred). ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t9:1 # text = ★★★ English «a million times», Spanish «mil veces» (a thousand), Ukrainian «сто разів» (a hundred). 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Spanish Spanish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 mil mil NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 veces vece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 Ukrainian Ukrainian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 « « PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 сто сто NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 разів разів NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 » » PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 26 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **★** | present | ★ | English and Spanish and mil veces | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **разів** *in a quote* | | Ukrainian | a hundred | | | | | tree rules | 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:* A mum told you off 12 real times. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t9:2 # text = A mum told you off 12 real times. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | past | a mum | | you | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | *Sentence 3:* Which saying gives the real number? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t9:3 # text = Which saying gives the real number? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | present | | the real number | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Spanish one ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t9:o1:1 # text = The Spanish one 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Spanish Spanish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The English one ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t9:o2:1 # text = The English one 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Ukrainian one ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t9:o3:1 # text = The Ukrainian one 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Ukrainian ukrainian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} None of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t9:o4:1 # text = None of them 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ ``` 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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