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Test 7 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's ch --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks Count them: Darwin sees 3 giant tortoises and 2 iguanas on an island. How many legs in all? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Darwin · **What happens:** count, see · **To what, where:** them, 3 giant tortoises This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 278 «Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks» 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/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: Darwin sees 3 giant tortoises and 2 iguanas on an island. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:t7:1 # text = Count them: Darwin sees 3 giant tortoises and 2 iguanas on an island. 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 Darwin Darwin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 tortoises tortoise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 iguanas iguana NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . 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 | **see** | present | Darwin | 3 giant tortoises and 2 iguanas on a island | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tortoise=Stimulus | 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 legs in all? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:t7:2 # text = How many legs in all? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 12 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:t7:o1:1 # text = 12 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 20 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:t7:o2:1 # text = 20 1 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 10 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:t7:o3:1 # text = 10 1 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 18 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:t7:o4:1 # text = 18 1 18 18 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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