--- title: A pack has 10 felt-tips. Ben loses 3 and his brother gives him 2. Ho… — Pencils, paper and school things · tree and pragmatics description: A pack has 10 felt-tips. Ben loses 3 and his brother gives him 2. How many does Ben have now? 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How many does Ben have now? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pack, Ben, brother · **What happens:** have, lose, give · **To what, where:** 10 felt tips, 3, 2, Ben, many This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A pack has 10 felt-tips. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t9:1 # text = A pack has 10 felt-tips. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 5 felt felt NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 tips tip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a pack | 10 felt tips | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tip=Patient | 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:* Ben loses 3 and his brother gives him 2. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t9:2 # text = Ben loses 3 and his brother gives him 2. 1 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 loses lose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present | Ben | 3 | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3=Eventuality | | 2 | **give** | present | Ben's brother | 2 | Ben | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient 2=Theme | *Sentence 3:* How many does Ben have now? ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t9:3 # text = How many does Ben have now? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · do-support | Ben | many | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 7 ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t9:o1:1 # text = 7 1 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 5 ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t9:o2:1 # text = 5 1 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 9 ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t9:o3:1 # text = 9 1 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 15 ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t9:o4:1 # text = 15 1 15 15 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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