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description: Count them: 3 pairs of identical twins come to a party. How many people are there, and how many different DNA recipes? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 8 · ★ · DNA simply: the recipe in every cell

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Count them: 3 pairs of identical twins come to a party. How many people are there, and how many different DNA recipes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, 3 pairs, many people · **What happens:** count, come, be · **To what, where:** them, party

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» 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/277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: 3 pairs of identical twins come to a party.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t8:1
# text = Count them: 3 pairs of identical twins come to a party.
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	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	party	party	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 | **come** | present | 3 pairs of identical twins |  |  | a party |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial\_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 people are there, and how many different DNA recipes?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t8:2
# text = How many people are there, and how many different DNA recipes?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	recipes	recipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | many people |  |  |  |  | many different DNA recipes *obl*; there *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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6 people and 1 DNA recipe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t8:o1:1
# text = 6 people and 1 DNA recipe
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	recipe	recipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 people and 3 different DNA recipes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t8:o2:1
# text = 6 people and 3 different DNA recipes
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	recipes	recipe	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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3 people and 3 DNA recipes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t8:o3:1
# text = 3 people and 3 DNA recipes
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	recipes	recipe	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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6 people and 6 different DNA recipes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t8:o4:1
# text = 6 people and 6 different DNA recipes
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	recipes	recipe	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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