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title: Count them: in Dumbo 3 elephants jump onto a box away from the mouse… — The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaur… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: in Dumbo 3 elephants jump onto a box away from the mouse. How many trunks, tails and legs? Test 7 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 7 · ★★ · The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conser…

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Count them: in Dumbo 3 elephants jump onto a box away from the mouse. How many trunks, tails and legs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, 3 elephants · **What happens:** count, jump · **To what, where:** them, Dumbo

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: in Dumbo 3 elephants jump onto a box away from the mouse.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t7:1
# text = Count them: in Dumbo 3 elephants jump onto a box away from the mouse.
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	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Dumbo	Dumbo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
6	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	jump	jump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	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 | **jump** | present | 3 elephants |  |  | Dumbo |  | onto a box; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in dumbo=Trajectory onto box=Initial\_Location |

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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 trunks, tails and legs?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t7:2
# text = How many trunks, tails and legs?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	trunks	trunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	legs	leg	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 {#o1}

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6 trunks, 3 tails and 12 legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t7:o1:1
# text = 6 trunks, 3 tails and 12 legs
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	trunks	trunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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3 trunks, 3 tails and 12 legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t7:o2:1
# text = 3 trunks, 3 tails and 12 legs
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	trunks	trunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	legs	leg	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 trunks, 6 tails and 12 legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t7:o3:1
# text = 3 trunks, 6 tails and 12 legs
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	trunks	trunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	legs	leg	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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3 trunks, 3 tails and 6 legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t7:o4:1
# text = 3 trunks, 3 tails and 6 legs
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	trunks	trunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	legs	leg	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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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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