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title: Count them: «the toad tunnel saved 9, no wait, 11 toads on Tuesday,… — Frogs and toads near home: spawn, croa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: «the toad tunnel saved 9, no wait, 11 toads on Tuesday, and 6 on Wednesday». How many on the two days? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 309 «Frogs and toads near home: spawn, croaking choruses, toad crossings and the fire-bellied toad» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Frogs and toads near home: spawn, croaking choruses, toad…

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Count them: «the toad tunnel saved 9, no wait, 11 toads on Tuesday, and 6 on Wednesday». How many on the two days?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, toad tunnel · **What happens:** count, save · **To what, where:** them, 9 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 309 «Frogs and toads near home: spawn, croaking choruses, toad crossings and the fire-bellied toad» 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/309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: «the toad tunnel saved 9, no wait, 11 toads on Tuesday, and 6 on Wednesday».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad:t3:1
# text = Count them: «the toad tunnel saved 9, no wait, 11 toads on Tuesday, and 6 on Wednesday».
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	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	wait	wait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	appos	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Wednesday	Wednesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **save** *in a quote* | past | the toad tunnel | 9 |  |  |  | 6 on Wednesday *obl* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent 9=Beneficiary wait=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 on the two days?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad:t3:2
# text = How many on the two days?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	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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26

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad:t3:o1:1
# text = 26
1	26	26	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad:t3:o2:1
# text = 20
1	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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15

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad:t3:o3:1
# text = 15
1	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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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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17

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad:t3:o4:1
# text = 17
1	17	17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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