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description: Ascertain the approximate number of cells of which an adult human body is composed, according to current scientific estimates. Exam question 4 of lesson 256 «The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 4 · The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life

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Ascertain the approximate number of cells of which an adult human body is composed, according to current scientific estimates.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, compose, accord · **To what, where:** approximate number, adult human body

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 256 «The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life» 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/256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the approximate number of cells of which an adult human body is composed, according to current scientific estimates.
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	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	case	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	current	current	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	estimates	estimate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate number of cells |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **compose** | present · passive |  | a adult human body |  |  |  | of cells | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Approximately one million

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e4:o1:1
# text = Approximately one million
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Between thirty and thirty-seven trillion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e4:o2:1
# text = Between thirty and thirty-seven trillion
1	Between	between	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
7	trillion	trillion	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Precisely one hundred thousand, as counted by microscope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e4:o3:1
# text = Precisely one hundred thousand, as counted by microscope
1	Precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	microscope	microscope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by microscope | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Approximately two hundred

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e4:o4:1
# text = Approximately two hundred
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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