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title: Count them: 3 sea otters float on their backs, each with 1 stone on… — Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpbac… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: 3 sea otters float on their backs, each with 1 stone on its belly. How many paws and stones are there in all? Test 2 of lesson 282 «Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors and the kakapo» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 2 · Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors an…

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Count them: 3 sea otters float on their backs, each with 1 stone on its belly. How many paws and stones are there in all?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, 3 sea otters, many paws · **What happens:** count, float, be · **To what, where:** them, backs, all

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This is test 2 of lesson 282 «Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors and the kakapo» 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/282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: 3 sea otters float on their backs, each with 1 stone on its belly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:t2:1
# text = Count them: 3 sea otters float on their backs, each with 1 stone on its belly.
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	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	otters	otter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	float	float	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	appos	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | **float** | present | 3 sea otters |  |  | otters's backs |  | on stone's belly | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme on back=Source on belly=Trajectory |

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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 paws and stones are there in all?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:t2:2
# text = How many paws and stones are there in all?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | many paws and stones |  |  | all |  | there *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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12 paws and 1 stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:t2:o1:1
# text = 12 paws and 1 stone
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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16 paws and 3 stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:t2:o2:1
# text = 16 paws and 3 stones
1	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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8 paws and 3 stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:t2:o3:1
# text = 8 paws and 3 stones
1	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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12 paws and 3 stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:t2:o4:1
# text = 12 paws and 3 stones
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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