--- title: Mia: "It IS maths homework." If the drawer held black, white AND red… — Sounds wrong, but is right · tree and pragmatics description: Mia: "It IS maths homework." If the drawer held black, white AND red socks, what is the smallest number to be sure of a pair? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 182 «Sounds wrong, but is right» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/t7/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Sounds wrong, but is right](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★★ · Sounds wrong, but is right Mia: "It IS maths homework." If the drawer held black, white AND red socks, what is the smallest number to be sure of a pair? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** It, drawer, black socks · **What happens:** be, hold · **To what, where:** maths homework, black socks, smallest number This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 182 «Sounds wrong, but is right» of the world 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/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mia: "It IS maths homework." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:t7:1 # text = Mia: "It IS maths homework." 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 IS be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 maths math NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 compound _ _ 7 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | maths homework | | | | | tree rules | 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:* If the drawer held black, white AND red socks, what is the smallest number to be sure of a pair? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:t7:2 # text = If the drawer held black, white AND red socks, what is the smallest number to be sure of a pair? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 drawer drawer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 AND and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 10 socks sock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 acl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | participle | the drawer | black socks | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | black socks | the smallest number | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | the drawer *not said here* | | | | | of a pair; sure *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} 4 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:t7:o1:1 # text = 4 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 7 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:t7:o2:1 # 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 3 {#o3} 3 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:t7:o3:1 # text = 3 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 6 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:t7:o4:1 # text = 6 1 6 6 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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