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title: A spider monkey hangs by its tail and picks fruit with both hands. H… — The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagl… · tree and pragmatics
description: A spider monkey hangs by its tail and picks fruit with both hands. How many hands and tails is it using? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 156 «The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart frogs and sloth gardens» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 3 · ★ · The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart fr…

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A spider monkey hangs by its tail and picks fruit with both hands. How many hands and tails is it using?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** spider monkey, many hands · **What happens:** hang, use

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 156 «The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart frogs and sloth gardens» 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/156-the-amazon-canopy/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A spider monkey hangs by its tail and picks fruit with both hands.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t3:1
# text = A spider monkey hangs by its tail and picks fruit with both hands.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	picks	pick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | present | a spider monkey |  |  |  |  | by monkey's tail and picks fruit; with both hands | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by tail=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* How many hands and tails is it using?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t3:2
# text = How many hands and tails is it using?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · progressive | many hands and tails |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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1 hand and 2 tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t3:o1:1
# text = 1 hand and 2 tails
1	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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4 hands and 1 tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t3:o2:1
# text = 4 hands and 1 tail
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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2 hands and no tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t3:o3:1
# text = 2 hands and no tail
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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2 hands and 1 tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t3:o4:1
# text = 2 hands and 1 tail
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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