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title: Count them: a ranger watches 2 mountain gorilla mums, each carrying… — Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpbac… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: a ranger watches 2 mountain gorilla mums, each carrying 1 baby. How many gorillas, and how many arms in all? Test 8 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 pragmati
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# Test 8 · Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors an…

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Count them: a ranger watches 2 mountain gorilla mums, each carrying 1 baby. How many gorillas, and how many arms in all?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, ranger, each · **What happens:** count, watch, carry · **To what, where:** them, 2 mountain gorilla mums, 1 baby

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: a ranger watches 2 mountain gorilla mums, each carrying 1 baby.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:t8:1
# text = Count them: a ranger watches 2 mountain gorilla mums, each carrying 1 baby.
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	ranger	ranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	watches	watch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
8	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	gorilla	gorilla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nsubj	_	_
13	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
14	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 | **watch** | present | a ranger | 2 mountain gorilla mums |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | gerund | each | 1 baby |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme |

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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 gorillas, and how many arms in all?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:t8:2
# text = How many gorillas, and how many arms in all?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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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4 gorillas and 4 arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:t8:o1:1
# text = 4 gorillas and 4 arms
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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2 gorillas and 4 arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:t8:o2:1
# text = 2 gorillas and 4 arms
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	arms	arm	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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3 gorillas and 6 arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:t8:o3:1
# text = 3 gorillas and 6 arms
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	arms	arm	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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4 gorillas and 8 arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:t8:o4:1
# text = 4 gorillas and 8 arms
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	arms	arm	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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