--- title: Count them: 1 bacterium splits in two every 20 minutes. How many are… — The microscopic world: bacteria, good… · tree and pragmatics description: Count them: 1 bacterium splits in two every 20 minutes. How many are there after 1 hour? Test 3 of lesson 257 «The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad/t3/) [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/) / [The microscopic world: bacteria, good…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad/) / t3 # Test 3 · The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad Count them: 1 bacterium splits in two every 20 minutes. How many are there after 1 hour? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, 1 bacterium, many · **What happens:** count, split, be · **To what, where:** them, two This is test 3 of lesson 257 «The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad» 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/257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: 1 bacterium splits in two every 20 minutes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad:t3:1 # text = Count them: 1 bacterium splits in two every 20 minutes. 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 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 bacterium bacterium NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 splits split VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 10 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . 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 | **split** | present | 1 bacterium | | | two | minute | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 are there after 1 hour? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad:t3:2 # text = How many are there after 1 hour? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | many | | | | hour | there *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 6 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad:t3:o1:1 # text = 6 1 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 3 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad:t3:o2:1 # text = 3 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 60 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad:t3:o3:1 # text = 60 1 60 60 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 8 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad:t3:o4:1 # text = 8 1 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 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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