--- title: A class of 28 each needs 2 exercise books. How many books is that? — Pencils, paper and school things · tree and pragmatics description: A class of 28 each needs 2 exercise books. How many books is that? Test 11 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 of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · Pencils, paper and school things A class of 28 each needs 2 exercise books. How many books is that? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** class, many books · **What happens:** need, be · **To what, where:** 2 exercise books This is test 11 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» of the technology 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/technology/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A class of 28 each needs 2 exercise books. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t11:1 # text = A class of 28 each needs 2 exercise books. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 28 28 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nmod _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 6 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 exercise exercise NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | a class of 28 | 2 exercise books | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot book=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. *Sentence 2:* How many books is that? ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t11:2 # text = How many books is that? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | many books | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 30 ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t11:o1:1 # text = 30 1 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 26 ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t11:o2:1 # text = 26 1 26 26 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 48 ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t11:o3:1 # text = 48 1 48 48 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 56 ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t11:o4:1 # text = 56 1 56 56 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|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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