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title: Count them: a news photo shows 3 orcas next to a boat. How many tail… — Animals in the news: true stories, fak… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: a news photo shows 3 orcas next to a boat. How many tails and how many dorsal fins on their backs? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 296 «Animals in the news: true stories, fakes and how to read them» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Animals in the news: true stories, fakes and how to read t…

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Count them: a news photo shows 3 orcas next to a boat. How many tails and how many dorsal fins on their backs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, news photo · **What happens:** count, show · **To what, where:** them, 3 orcas, boat

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 296 «Animals in the news: true stories, fakes and how to read them» 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/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: a news photo shows 3 orcas next to a boat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them:t3:1
# text = Count them: a news photo shows 3 orcas next to a boat.
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	orcas	orca	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	next	next	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 news photo | 3 orcas | a boat |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent orca=Topic to boat=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 tails and how many dorsal fins on their backs?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them:t3:2
# text = How many tails and how many dorsal fins on their backs?
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	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	dorsal	dorsal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fins	fin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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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6 tails and 3 dorsal fins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them:t3:o1:1
# text = 6 tails and 3 dorsal fins
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	dorsal	dorsal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fins	fin	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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3 tails and 6 dorsal fins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them:t3:o2:1
# text = 3 tails and 6 dorsal fins
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	dorsal	dorsal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fins	fin	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 tails and 12 dorsal fins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them:t3:o3:1
# text = 3 tails and 12 dorsal fins
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	dorsal	dorsal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fins	fin	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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3 tails and 3 dorsal fins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them:t3:o4:1
# text = 3 tails and 3 dorsal fins
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	dorsal	dorsal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fins	fin	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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