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title: Count them: 2 Triceratops and 3 Stegosaurus stand in a museum. How m… — Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Trice… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: 2 Triceratops and 3 Stegosaurus stand in a museum. How many horns on the Triceratops and spikes on the Stegosaurus tails in all? Test 3 of lesson 267 «Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus and the duck-bills» of the biology course of Mova's primary schoo
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# Test 3 · Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus,…

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Count them: 2 Triceratops and 3 Stegosaurus stand in a museum. How many horns on the Triceratops and spikes on the Stegosaurus tails in all?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, 2 Triceratops · **What happens:** count, stand · **To what, where:** them, museum

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This is test 3 of lesson 267 «Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus and the duck-bills» 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/267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: 2 Triceratops and 3 Stegosaurus stand in a museum.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t3:1
# text = Count them: 2 Triceratops and 3 Stegosaurus stand in a museum.
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	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	Triceratops	triceratops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	Stegosaurus	stegosauru	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 | **stand** | present | 2 Triceratops and 3 Stegosaurus |  |  | a museum |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in museum=Location |

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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:* How many horns on the Triceratops and spikes on the Stegosaurus tails in all?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t3:2
# text = How many horns on the Triceratops and spikes on the Stegosaurus tails in all?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Triceratops	triceratops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	spikes	spike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Stegosaurus	Stegosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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3 horns and 12 spikes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t3:o1:1
# text = 3 horns and 12 spikes
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	horns	horn	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	spikes	spike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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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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6 horns and 12 spikes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t3:o2:1
# text = 6 horns and 12 spikes
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	horns	horn	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	spikes	spike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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6 horns and 6 spikes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t3:o3:1
# text = 6 horns and 6 spikes
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	horns	horn	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	spikes	spike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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5 horns and 8 spikes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t3:o4:1
# text = 5 horns and 8 spikes
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	horns	horn	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	spikes	spike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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