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title: «pony's 12 hands, that's like 12 of my hands?» What does 12 hands ro… — Hooves, riding and caring for a horse,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «pony's 12 hands, that's like 12 of my hands?» What does 12 hands roughly mean? Test 7 · ★★ 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 and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mu…

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«pony's 12 hands, that's like 12 of my hands?» What does 12 hands roughly mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that, 12 hands · **What happens:** be, mean

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 208 «Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mules» 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/208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «pony's 12 hands, that's like 12 of my hands?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t7:1
# text = «pony's 12 hands, that's like 12 of my hands?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | like 12; of my hands | tree rules |

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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:* What does 12 hands roughly mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t7:2
# text = What does 12 hands roughly mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | 12 hands |  |  |  |  | roughly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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12 of your hands measured from the ground to the ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t7:o1:1
# text = 12 of your hands measured from the ground to the ears
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	measured	measure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | participle |  | your hands *not said here* |  | the ground |  | to the ears | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About 120 centimetres to the top of the shoulders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t7:o2:1
# text = About 120 centimetres to the top of the shoulders
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	120	120	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
12 metres tall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t7:o3:1
# text = 12 metres tall
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pony is 12 years old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t7:o4:1
# text = The pony is 12 years old
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the pony |  |  |  | year | old *property* | tree rules |

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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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