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title: Determine the number of pupils, out of a class of thirty, who were i… — "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the number of pupils, out of a class of thirty, who were in fact found to possess the trainers in question. Exam question 2 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 2 · "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason

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Determine the number of pupils, out of a class of thirty, who were in fact found to possess the trainers in question.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, class, fact · **What happens:** determine, be, find, possess · **To what, where:** number, fact, trainers, question

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» of the world 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/world/166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e2:1
# text = Determine the number of pupils, out of a class of thirty, who were in fact found to possess the trainers in question.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
18	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	possess	possess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of pupils |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | a class of thirty and fact |  |  | fact |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | participle |  | fact *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **possess** | to-infinitive | fact *not said here* | the trainers |  | question |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot trainer=Theme |

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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}

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Twenty-eight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e2:o1:1
# text = Twenty-eight
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fifteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e2:o2:1
# text = Fifteen
1	Fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e2:o3:1
# text = Two
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Thirty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e2:o4:1
# text = Thirty
1	Thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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