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# Test 1 · ★ · Whales by kind, the toothed whales: sperm whale, orca, bel…

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Count them: a sperm whale has 50 teeth in its lower jaw. How many in its upper jaw?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sperm whale · **What happens:** count, have · **To what, where:** them, 50 teeth, lower jaw

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 313 «Whales by kind, the toothed whales: sperm whale, orca, beluga and beaked whales» 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/313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: a sperm whale has 50 teeth in its lower jaw.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales:t1:1
# text = Count them: a sperm whale has 50 teeth in its lower jaw.
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	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sperm	sperm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	jaw	jaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 sperm whale | 50 teeth |  | whale's lower jaw |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |

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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 in its upper jaw?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales:t1:2
# text = How many in its upper jaw?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	jaw	jaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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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25, half as many as below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales:t1:o1:1
# text = 25, half as many as below
1	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	below	below	ADV	RB	_	5	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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100, twice as many, in two rows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales:t1:o2:1
# text = 100, twice as many, in two rows
1	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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50, the same as below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales:t1:o3:1
# text = 50, the same as below
1	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	below	below	ADV	RB	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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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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None; the upper jaw only has sockets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales:t1:o4:1
# text = None; the upper jaw only has sockets
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	jaw	jaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	sockets	socket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | None | sockets |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent socket=Patient |

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