--- title: It is given that four walruses repose upon an ice floe whilst one fu… — Sea lions, seals and otters · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that four walruses repose upon an ice floe whilst one further walrus joins them. Ascertain the aggregate number of tusks. Exam question 4 of lesson 100 «Sea lions, seals and otters» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/e4/) [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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Sea lions, seals and otters](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Sea lions, seals and otters It is given that four walruses repose upon an ice floe whilst one further walrus joins them. Ascertain the aggregate number of tusks. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** four walruses, one further walrus, you · **What happens:** give, repose, join, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, ice floe, them, aggregate number This is exam question 4 of lesson 100 «Sea lions, seals and otters» of the biology 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/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that four walruses repose upon an ice floe whilst one further walrus joins them. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:e4:1 # text = It is given that four walruses repose upon an ice floe whilst one further walrus joins them. 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 _ 7 mark _ _ 5 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 walruses walrus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 repose repose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 floe floe NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 14 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 walrus walrus NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 joins join VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . 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 | **repose** | present | four walruses | | | a ice floe | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon floe=Location | | 3 | **join** | present | one further walrus | them *= they* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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:* Ascertain the aggregate number of tusks. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:e4:2 # text = Ascertain the aggregate number of tusks. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 aggregate aggregate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate number of tusks | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Eight ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:e4:o1:1 # text = Eight 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Five ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:e4:o2:1 # text = Five 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:e4:o3:1 # text = Twelve 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:e4:o4:1 # text = Ten 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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