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title: Count them: a wolf pack of 6 runs through Yellowstone. How many tail… — The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaur… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: a wolf pack of 6 runs through Yellowstone. How many tails and how many ears? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 300 «The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conservation and food» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 6 · ★★ · The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conser…

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Count them: a wolf pack of 6 runs through Yellowstone. How many tails and how many ears?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, wolf pack · **What happens:** count, run · **To what, where:** them, Yellowstone

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 300 «The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conservation and food» 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/300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: a wolf pack of 6 runs through Yellowstone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t6:1
# text = Count them: a wolf pack of 6 runs through Yellowstone.
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	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
9	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Yellowstone	Yellowstone	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 | **run** | present | a wolf pack of 6 |  |  | Yellowstone |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through yellowstone=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 tails and how many ears?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t6:2
# text = How many tails and how many ears?
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	_	7	cc	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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6 tails and 12 ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t6:o1:1
# text = 6 tails and 12 ears
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	_	5	cc	_	_
4	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	ears	ear	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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6 tails and 6 ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t6:o2:1
# text = 6 tails and 6 ears
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	_	5	cc	_	_
4	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	ears	ear	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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6 tails and 24 ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t6:o3:1
# text = 6 tails and 24 ears
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	_	5	cc	_	_
4	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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12 tails and 12 ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t6:o4:1
# text = 12 tails and 12 ears
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	ears	ear	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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