--- title: Ascertain the aggregate number of toes possessed by two adult ostric… — Myth check: do ostriches bury their he… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the aggregate number of toes possessed by two adult ostriches, given that each foot bears the number characteristic of the species. Exam question 3 of lesson 151 «Myth check: do ostriches bury their heads in the sand?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand/e3/) [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/) / [Myth check: do ostriches bury their he…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Myth check: do ostriches bury their heads in the sand? Ascertain the aggregate number of toes possessed by two adult ostriches, given that each foot bears the number characteristic of the species. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, two adult ostriches · **What happens:** ascertain, possess, give · **To what, where:** aggregate number, toes, foot bears This is exam question 3 of lesson 151 «Myth check: do ostriches bury their heads in the sand?» 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/151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the aggregate number of toes possessed by two adult ostriches, given that each foot bears the number characteristic of the species. 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 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 10 adult adult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 ostriches ostrich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 16 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 characteristic characteristic NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 species species NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . 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 toes | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **possess** | participle | | toes *not said here* | | | | by two adult ostriches | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **give** | participle | two adult ostriches *not said here* | each foot bears the number characteristic of the species | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Sixteen ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand:e3:o1:1 # text = Sixteen 1 Sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand:e3:o2:1 # 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 3 {#o3} Twenty ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand:e3:o3:1 # 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 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Eight ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand:e3:o4:1 # text = Eight 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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