--- title: Ascertain the minimum number of packets of twelve pencils required i… — Pencils, paper and school things · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the minimum number of packets of twelve pencils required in order that each of thirty pupils may receive one pencil. Exam question 4 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/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/) / [Pencils, paper and school things](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Pencils, paper and school things Ascertain the minimum number of packets of twelve pencils required in order that each of thirty pupils may receive one pencil. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, each · **What happens:** ascertain, require, receive · **To what, where:** minimum number, twelve pencils, order, one pencil This is exam question 4 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» 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/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the minimum number of packets of twelve pencils required in order that each of thirty pupils may receive one pencil. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 minimum minimum ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 packets packet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 pencils pencil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 19 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 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 minimum number of packets of twelve pencils | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **require** | participle | | twelve pencils *not said here* | | order | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **receive** | may | each | one pencil | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=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 {#o1} Thirty ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e4:o1:1 # text = Thirty 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e4:o2:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Three ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e4:o3:1 # text = Three 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e4:o4:1 # text = Four 1 Four four 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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