--- title: It is given that a fence of ten metres in length is to be constructe… — Sounds wrong, but is right · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a fence of ten metres in length is to be constructed with a post at every metre, inclusive of both ends. Determine the number of posts required. 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Determine the number of posts required. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, construct, determine, require · **To what, where:** It, fence, number, posts This is exam question 1 of lesson 182 «Sounds wrong, but is right» 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/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a fence of ten metres in length is to be constructed with a post at every metre, inclusive of both ends. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:e1:1 # text = It is given that a fence of ten metres in length is to be constructed with a post at every metre, inclusive of both ends. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 constructed construct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 metre metre NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 inclusive inclusive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **construct** | present · passive | | a fence of ten metres in length | | | | with a post at every metre | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with post=Instrument | 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:* Determine the number of posts required. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:e1:2 # text = Determine the number of posts required. 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 posts post NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of posts | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **require** | participle | | posts *not said here* | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:e1:o1:1 # text = Ten 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Twenty ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:e1:o2:1 # text = Twenty 1 Twenty twenty 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} Eleven ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:e1:o3:1 # text = Eleven 1 Eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Nine ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:e1:o4:1 # text = Nine 1 Nine nine 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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