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title: Ella's little brother says 4 lions have 32 ears between them. How ma… — The lion: why people call it «king of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella's little brother says 4 lions have 32 ears between them. How many really? Test 5 of lesson 18 «The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides and roars» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 5 · The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides…

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Ella's little brother says 4 lions have 32 ears between them. How many really?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little brother, 4 lions · **What happens:** say, have · **To what, where:** 32 ears · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 18 «The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides and roars» 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/18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella's little brother says 4 lions have 32 ears between them.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t5:1
# text = Ella's little brother says 4 lions have 32 ears between them.
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	32	32	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ella's little brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | 4 lions | 32 ears |  |  |  | between ears *= ear* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient |

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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 really?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t5:2
# text = How many really?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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16, four each

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t5:o1:1
# text = 16, four each
1	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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4, one each

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t5:o2:1
# text = 4, one each
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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32, eight each

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t5:o3:1
# text = 32, eight each
1	32	32	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
```

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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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8, two each

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts:t5:o4:1
# text = 8, two each
1	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

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