--- title: A troop of 4 spider monkeys hangs from a branch, each by its tail on… — The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagl… · tree and pragmatics description: A troop of 4 spider monkeys hangs from a branch, each by its tail only. How many tails are holding on? 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How many tails are holding on? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** troop, many tails · **What happens:** hang, hold on · **To what, where:** branch This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A troop of 4 spider monkeys hangs from a branch, each by its tail only. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t4:1 # text = A troop of 4 spider monkeys hangs from a branch, each by its tail only. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 5 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 16 only only ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | present | a troop of 4 spider monkeys | | | a branch | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* How many tails are holding on? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t4:2 # text = How many tails are holding on? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold on** | present · progressive | many tails | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 16 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t4:o1:1 # text = 16 1 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 2 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t4:o2:1 # text = 2 1 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 8 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t4:o3:1 # text = 8 1 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 4 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t4:o4:1 # text = 4 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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