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description: Count them: a nest has 3 weaver ants pulling a leaf and 4 more holding larvae. How many ants is that, and how many feelers? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 304 «Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants and trap-jaw ants» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 3 · ★ · Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants…

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Count them: a nest has 3 weaver ants pulling a leaf and 4 more holding larvae. How many ants is that, and how many feelers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, nest, 3 weaver ants · **What happens:** count, have, pull, hold, be · **To what, where:** them, 3 weaver ants, leaf, that

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 304 «Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants and trap-jaw ants» 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/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: a nest has 3 weaver ants pulling a leaf and 4 more holding larvae.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t3:1
# text = Count them: a nest has 3 weaver ants pulling a leaf and 4 more holding larvae.
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	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	weaver	weaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	amod	_	_
16	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	amod	_	_
17	larvae	larva	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 | **have** | present | a nest | 3 weaver ants and more holding larvae |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ant=Patient |
| 3 | **pull** | gerund | 3 weaver ants and more holding larvae *not said here* | a leaf |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |
| 4 | **hold** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 ants is that, and how many feelers?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t3:2
# text = How many ants is that, and how many feelers?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | that |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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7 ants and 14 feelers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t3:o1:1
# text = 7 ants and 14 feelers
1	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	feelers	feeler	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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12 ants and 24 feelers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t3:o2:1
# text = 12 ants and 24 feelers
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ants	ant	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	feelers	feeler	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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7 ants and 7 feelers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t3:o3:1
# text = 7 ants and 7 feelers
1	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	feelers	feeler	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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7 ants and 28 feelers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants:t3:o4:1
# text = 7 ants and 28 feelers
1	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	28	28	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	feelers	feeler	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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