--- title: Count them: 4 elephants walk by, and 2 of them have no tusks. Each e… — Natural selection we can watch: moths,… · tree and pragmatics description: Count them: 4 elephants walk by, and 2 of them have no tusks. Each elephant with tusks has 2. How many tusks, trunks and tails are there? 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How many tusks, trunks and tails are there? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, 4 elephants, 2, elephant, many tusks · **What happens:** count, walk, have, be · **To what, where:** them, tusks, 2 This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 279 «Natural selection we can watch: moths, finches, germs and tuskless elephants» 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/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: 4 elephants walk by, and 2 of them have no tusks. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants:t4:1 # text = Count them: 4 elephants walk by, and 2 of them have no tusks. 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 : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ _ 13 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . 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 | **walk** | present | 4 elephants | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **have** | present | 2 of elephants | no tusks | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tusk=Patient | 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:* Each elephant with tusks has 2. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants:t4:2 # text = Each elephant with tusks has 2. 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | each elephant with tusks | 2 | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2=Patient | *Sentence 3:* How many tusks, trunks and tails are there? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants:t4:3 # text = How many tusks, trunks and tails are there? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 trunks trunk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | many tusks and trunks and tails | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} 4 tusks, 4 trunks and 4 tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants:t4:o1:1 # text = 4 tusks, 4 trunks and 4 tails 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 trunks trunk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 8 tusks, 4 trunks and 4 tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants:t4:o2:1 # text = 8 tusks, 4 trunks and 4 tails 1 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 trunks trunk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 4 tusks, 2 trunks and 4 tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants:t4:o3:1 # text = 4 tusks, 2 trunks and 4 tails 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 trunks trunk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 2 tusks, 4 trunks and 2 tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants:t4:o4:1 # text = 2 tusks, 4 trunks and 2 tails 1 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 trunks trunk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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