--- title: Count them: 6 pigeons stand on a ledge. How many legs and how many w… — Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city… · tree and pragmatics description: Count them: 6 pigeons stand on a ledge. How many legs and how many wings? Test 2 of lesson 221 «Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs/t2/) [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/) / [Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs/) / t2 # Test 2 · Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs Count them: 6 pigeons stand on a ledge. How many legs and how many wings? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, 6 pigeons · **What happens:** count, stand · **To what, where:** them, ledge This is test 2 of lesson 221 «Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs» 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/221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: 6 pigeons stand on a ledge. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t2:1 # text = Count them: 6 pigeons stand on a ledge. 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 : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 pigeons pigeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ledge ledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . 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 | **stand** | present | 6 pigeons | | | a ledge | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ledge=Location | 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 legs and how many wings? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t2:2 # text = How many legs and how many wings? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 legs leg 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 wings wing 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} 12 legs and 6 wings ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t2:o1:1 # text = 12 legs and 6 wings 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 legs leg 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 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 24 legs and 12 wings ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t2:o2:1 # text = 24 legs and 12 wings 1 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 legs leg 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 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 12 legs and 12 wings ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t2:o3:1 # text = 12 legs and 12 wings 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 legs leg 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 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 6 legs and 12 wings ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t2:o4:1 # text = 6 legs and 12 wings 1 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 legs leg 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 wings wing 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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