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title: «5 penguins at Edinburgh waddled past, and erm 2 more, how many feet» — Famous zoos in the USA and the UK · tree and pragmatics
description: «5 penguins at Edinburgh waddled past, and erm 2 more, how many feet» Test 9 of lesson 116 «Famous zoos in the USA and the UK» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · Famous zoos in the USA and the UK

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«5 penguins at Edinburgh waddled past, and erm 2 more, how many feet»

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** 5 penguins · **What happens:** waddle · **To what, where:** erm

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This is test 9 of lesson 116 «Famous zoos in the USA and the UK» of the biology 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/biology/116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t9:1
# text = «5 penguins at Edinburgh waddled past, and erm 2 more, how many feet»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	waddled	waddle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	past	past	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	erm	erm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
15	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **waddle** *in a quote* | past | 5 penguins at Edinburgh | erm and many feet |  |  |  | past *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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14, two feet for each of 7 penguins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t9:o1:1
# text = 14, two feet for each of 7 penguins
1	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
10, two feet for each of the 5 penguins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t9:o2:1
# text = 10, two feet for each of the 5 penguins
1	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
7, one foot for each penguin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t9:o3:1
# text = 7, one foot for each penguin
1	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	penguin	penguin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
28, four feet for each of the 7 penguins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t9:o4:1
# text = 28, four feet for each of the 7 penguins
1	28	28	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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