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title: Count them: a museum shows Tiktaalik with 4 leg-like fins, Archaeopt… — Evolution myths put right: monkeys, th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: a museum shows Tiktaalik with 4 leg-like fins, Archaeopteryx with 2 legs and 2 wings, and an early whale with 4 legs. How many limbs in all? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 280 «Evolution myths put right: monkeys, the strongest and missing links» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Evolution myths put right: monkeys, the strongest and miss…

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Count them: a museum shows Tiktaalik with 4 leg-like fins, Archaeopteryx with 2 legs and 2 wings, and an early whale with 4 legs. How many limbs in all?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, museum · **What happens:** count, show · **To what, where:** them, Tiktaalik

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 280 «Evolution myths put right: monkeys, the strongest and missing links» 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/280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: a museum shows Tiktaalik with 4 leg-like fins, Archaeopteryx with 2 legs and 2 wings, and an early whale with 4 legs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links:t7:1
# text = Count them: a museum shows Tiktaalik with 4 leg-like fins, Archaeopteryx with 2 legs and 2 wings, and an early whale with 4 legs.
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	Tiktaalik	Tiktaalik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
10	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	fins	fin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Archaeopteryx	Archaeopteryx	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	29	nummod	_	_
29	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	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 | **show** | present | a museum |  | Tiktaalik |  |  | with 4 like fins | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tiktaalik=Recipient |

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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 limbs in all?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links:t7:2
# text = How many limbs in all?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	limbs	limb	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	_	_
```

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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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10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links:t7:o1:1
# text = 10
1	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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8

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links:t7:o2:1
# text = 8
1	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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12

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links:t7:o3:1
# text = 12
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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14

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links:t7:o4:1
# text = 14
1	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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