--- title: Count them: two dogs and one cat are on the sofa. How many tails and… — Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growl… · tree and pragmatics description: Count them: two dogs and one cat are on the sofa. How many tails and how many ears? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 194 «Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t11/) [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/) / [Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe Count them: two dogs and one cat are on the sofa. How many tails and how many ears? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, two dogs · **What happens:** count, be · **To what, where:** them, sofa This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 194 «Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe» 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/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: two dogs and one cat are on the sofa. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe:t11:1 # text = Count them: two dogs and one cat are on the sofa. 1 Count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | two dogs and one cat | | | the sofa | | | tree rules | 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 and how many ears? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe:t11:2 # text = How many tails and how many ears? 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 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 2 tails and 6 ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe:t11:o1:1 # text = 2 tails and 6 ears 1 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 3 tails and 3 ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe:t11:o2:1 # text = 3 tails and 3 ears 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 3 tails and 6 ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe:t11:o3:1 # text = 3 tails and 6 ears 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 3 tails and 12 ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe:t11:o4:1 # text = 3 tails and 12 ears 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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