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description: «2 mice in the shed in spring, how many by winter??» Which is most likely if there is lots of food? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 316 «Rodents: the biggest group of mammals and their ever-growing teeth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 11 · ★ · Rodents: the biggest group of mammals and their ever-growi…

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«2 mice in the shed in spring, how many by winter??» Which is most likely if there is lots of food?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** lots

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 316 «Rodents: the biggest group of mammals and their ever-growing teeth» 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/316-rodents-the-biggest-group-of-mammals-and-their-ever-growing-teeth/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «2 mice in the shed in spring, how many by winter??»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:316-rodents-the-biggest-group-of-mammals-and-their-ever-growing-teeth:t11:1
# text = «2 mice in the shed in spring, how many by winter??»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Which is most likely if there is lots of food?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:316-rodents-the-biggest-group-of-mammals-and-their-ever-growing-teeth:t11:2
# text = Which is most likely if there is lots of food?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | lots |  |  |  | of food; likely *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Still exactly 2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:316-rodents-the-biggest-group-of-mammals-and-their-ever-growing-teeth:t11:o1:1
# text = Still exactly 2
1	Still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	2	2	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 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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About 4, because mice only ever have one litter of two babies a year

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:316-rodents-the-biggest-group-of-mammals-and-their-ever-growing-teeth:t11:o2:1
# text = About 4, because mice only ever have one litter of two babies a year
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | infinitive | mice | one litter of two babies |  |  | ever; year |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Many dozens or more, because they breed fast and often

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:316-rodents-the-biggest-group-of-mammals-and-their-ever-growing-teeth:t11:o3:1
# text = Many dozens or more, because they breed fast and often
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dozens	dozen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	breed	breed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breed** | present | Many dozens |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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None, mice cannot breed in sheds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:316-rodents-the-biggest-group-of-mammals-and-their-ever-growing-teeth:t11:o4:1
# text = None, mice cannot breed in sheds
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	breed	breed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sheds	shed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **breed** | can | None mice |  |  | sheds |  |  | tree rules |

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