--- title: Count them: a pair of pigeons has 2 chicks in the nest. How many bea… — Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city… · tree and pragmatics description: Count them: a pair of pigeons has 2 chicks in the nest. How many beaks and how many feet altogether? Test 9 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 --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs Count them: a pair of pigeons has 2 chicks in the nest. How many beaks and how many feet altogether? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pair · **What happens:** count, have · **To what, where:** them, 2 chicks, nest This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: a pair of pigeons has 2 chicks in the nest. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t9:1 # text = Count them: a pair of pigeons has 2 chicks in the nest. 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 : _ 8 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 pigeons pigeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 chicks chick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . 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 | **have** | present | a pair of pigeons | 2 chicks | | the nest | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chick=Patient | 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 beaks and how many feet altogether? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t9:2 # text = How many beaks and how many feet altogether? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 beaks beak 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 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 8 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 4 beaks and 16 feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t9:o1:1 # text = 4 beaks and 16 feet 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 beaks beak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 2 beaks and 8 feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t9:o2:1 # text = 2 beaks and 8 feet 1 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 beaks beak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 4 beaks and 8 feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t9:o3:1 # text = 4 beaks and 8 feet 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 beaks beak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 4 beaks and 4 feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs:t9:o4:1 # text = 4 beaks and 4 feet 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 beaks beak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 feet foot 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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