--- title: State the number of cervical vertebrae, hereinafter referred to as n… — Evolution: why giraffes really have lo… · tree and pragmatics description: State the number of cervical vertebrae, hereinafter referred to as neck bones, possessed by the giraffe. Exam question 2 of lesson 278 «Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/e2/) [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/) / [Evolution: why giraffes really have lo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks State the number of cervical vertebrae, hereinafter referred to as neck bones, possessed by the giraffe. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, refer, possess · **To what, where:** number, hereinafter, cervical vertebrae This is exam question 2 of lesson 278 «Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks» 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/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:e2:1 # text = State the number of cervical vertebrae, hereinafter referred to as neck bones, possessed by the giraffe. 1 State state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 cervical cervical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 vertebrae vertebra NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 hereinafter hereinafter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 referred refer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 9 obl _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 giraffe giraffe NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of cervical vertebrae and hereinafter | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **refer** | participle | | hereinafter *not said here* | | | | as neck bones | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **possess** | participle | | cervical vertebrae and hereinafter *not said here* | | | | by the giraffe | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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} Seventy ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:e2:o1:1 # text = Seventy 1 Seventy seventy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:e2:o2:1 # text = Seven 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Seventeen ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:e2:o3:1 # text = Seventeen 1 Seventeen seventeen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:e2:o4:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|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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