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title: Count them: a cartoon virus is drawn with 12 spikes. 5 of them stick… — The microscopic world: viruses and vac… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: a cartoon virus is drawn with 12 spikes. 5 of them stick to a cell. How many spikes are still free? Test 4 of lesson 258 «The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 4 · The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines

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Count them: a cartoon virus is drawn with 12 spikes. 5 of them stick to a cell. How many spikes are still free?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, 5, many spikes · **What happens:** count, draw, stick, be · **To what, where:** them, cartoon virus

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This is test 4 of lesson 258 «The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines» 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/258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: a cartoon virus is drawn with 12 spikes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t4:1
# text = Count them: a cartoon virus is drawn with 12 spikes.
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	6	det	_	_
5	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	virus	virus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	spikes	spike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **draw** | present · passive |  | a cartoon virus |  |  |  | with 12 spikes | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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:* 5 of them stick to a cell.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t4:2
# text = 5 of them stick to a cell.
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	stick	stick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | present | 5 of spikes |  |  |  |  | to a cell | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to cell=Co-Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* How many spikes are still free?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t4:3
# text = How many spikes are still free?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spikes	spike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present | many spikes |  |  |  | still | free *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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7

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t4:o1:1
# text = 7
1	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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17

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t4:o2:1
# text = 17
1	17	17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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12

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t4:o3:1
# text = 12
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t4:o4:1
# text = 5
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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