--- title: Ascertain the aggregate number of chocolate bars contained in five b… — How a factory works: belts, robots, ch… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the aggregate number of chocolate bars contained in five boxes, it being given that each box contains twelve bars. Exam question 4 of lesson 1 «How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/1-how-a-factory-works/e4/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [How a factory works: belts, robots, ch…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/1-how-a-factory-works/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people Ascertain the aggregate number of chocolate bars contained in five boxes, it being given that each box contains twelve bars. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, box · **What happens:** ascertain, contain, give · **To what, where:** aggregate number, chocolate bars, five boxes, number, twelve bars This is exam question 4 of lesson 1 «How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people» of the technology 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/technology/1-how-a-factory-works/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the aggregate number of chocolate bars contained in five boxes, it being given that each box contains twelve bars. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 aggregate aggregate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 chocolate chocolate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 contained contain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 20 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate number of chocolate bars | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **contain** | participle | | chocolate bars *not said here* | | five boxes | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in box=Location | | 3 | **give** | gerund · passive | | number | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **contain** | present | each box | twelve bars | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bar=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Sixty ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:e4:o1:1 # text = Sixty 1 Sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Seventeen ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:e4:o2:1 # text = Seventeen 1 Seventeen seventeen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Seventy-two ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:e4:o3:1 # text = Seventy-two 1 Seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Fifty ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:1-how-a-factory-works:e4:o4:1 # text = Fifty 1 Fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|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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