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Test 8 of lesson 281 «Extinct forever: the dodo, the passenger pigeon, the thylacine and more» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more/t8/) [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/) / [Extinct forever: the dodo, the passeng…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more/) / t8 # Test 8 · Extinct forever: the dodo, the passenger pigeon, the thyla… Count them: a zebra and a quagga stand in a museum. How many tails, ears and legs do they have in all? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, many tails · **What happens:** count, have · **To what, where:** them, all This is test 8 of lesson 281 «Extinct forever: the dodo, the passenger pigeon, the thylacine and more» 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/281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: a zebra and a quagga stand in a museum. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t8:1 # text = Count them: a zebra and a quagga stand in a museum. 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 zebra zebra NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 quagga quagga NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 stand stand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 museum museum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . 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 | 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 tails, ears and legs do they have in all? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t8:2 # text = How many tails, ears and legs do they have in all? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · do-support | many tails and ears and legs | | | all | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 2 tails, 2 ears and 8 legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t8:o1:1 # text = 2 tails, 2 ears and 8 legs 1 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 2 tails, 4 ears and 4 legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t8:o2:1 # text = 2 tails, 4 ears and 4 legs 1 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 ears ear 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 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 2 tails, 4 ears and 8 legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t8:o3:1 # text = 2 tails, 4 ears and 8 legs 1 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 1 tail, 4 ears and 8 legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t8:o4:1 # text = 1 tail, 4 ears and 8 legs 1 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 legs leg 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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