--- title: It is given that the height of a horse is recorded as fifteen hands.… — Hooves, riding and caring for a horse,… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that the height of a horse is recorded as fifteen hands. Ascertain the approximate height to the summit of its shoulders. Exam question 3 of lesson 208 «Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mules» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules/e3/) [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/) / [Hooves, riding and caring for a horse,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mu… It is given that the height of a horse is recorded as fifteen hands. Ascertain the approximate height to the summit of its shoulders. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, record, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, height, approximate height This is exam question 3 of lesson 208 «Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mules» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that the height of a horse is recorded as fifteen hands. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:e3:1 # text = It is given that the height of a horse is recorded as fifteen hands. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **record** | present · passive | | the height of a horse | | | | as fifteen hands | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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:* Ascertain the approximate height to the summit of its shoulders. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:e3:2 # text = Ascertain the approximate height to the summit of its shoulders. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate height | | | | to the summit of height's shoulders | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent height=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Fifteen metres ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:e3:o1:1 # text = Fifteen metres 1 Fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} One hundred and fifty metres ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:e3:o2:1 # text = One hundred and fifty metres 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} One hundred and fifty centimetres ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:e3:o3:1 # text = One hundred and fifty centimetres 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 centimetres centimetre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Fifteen centimetres ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:e3:o4:1 # text = Fifteen centimetres 1 Fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 centimetres centimetre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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