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title: 2 tigers at the zoo, how many white ear spots can i count if i see b… — The tiger: the biggest and strongest c… · tree and pragmatics
description: 2 tigers at the zoo, how many white ear spots can i count if i see both backs of their heads Test 6 · ★ of lesson 19 «The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and cunning hunter» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 6 · ★ · The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and c…

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2 tigers at the zoo, how many white ear spots can i count if i see both backs of their heads

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** 2 tigers, i · **What happens:** count, see · **To what, where:** backs

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 19 «The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and cunning hunter» 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/19-the-tiger/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t6:1
# text = 2 tigers at the zoo, how many white ear spots can i count if i see both backs of their heads
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
18	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | can | 2 tigers at the zoo and many white ear spots |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | i | both backs of tigers's heads |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer back=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t6:o1:1
# text = 1
1	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t6:o2:1
# text = 2
1	2	2	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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8

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t6:o3:1
# text = 8
1	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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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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4

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:t6:o4:1
# text = 4
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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