--- title: Count them: a parrot sits on a perch. How many of its toes point bac… — Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoo… · tree and pragmatics description: Count them: a parrot sits on a perch. How many of its toes point backwards? 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How many of its toes point backwards? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, parrot, many · **What happens:** count, sit, point · **To what, where:** them, perch This is test 1 of lesson 303 «Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lorikeets and the cheeky kea» 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/303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: a parrot sits on a perch. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t1:1 # text = Count them: a parrot sits on a perch. 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 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 perch perch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **sit** | present | a parrot | | | a perch | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on perch=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* How many of its toes point backwards? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t1:2 # text = How many of its toes point backwards? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 point point VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | present | many of perch's toes | | | | | backwards *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} 4 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t1:o1:1 # text = 4 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 0 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t1:o2:1 # text = 0 1 0 0 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 8 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t1:o3:1 # text = 8 1 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 2 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea:t1:o4:1 # text = 2 1 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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