--- title: Count them: 4 anacondas lie in a river. How many outer ears can you… — Big snakes: pythons, boas and anaconda… · tree and pragmatics description: Count them: 4 anacondas lie in a river. How many outer ears can you see? 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How many outer ears can you see? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, 4 anacondas, many outer ears · **What happens:** count, lie, see · **To what, where:** them, river This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 321 «Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they really get» 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/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: 4 anacondas lie in a river. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t4:1 # text = Count them: 4 anacondas lie in a river. 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 : _ 1 punct _ _ 4 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 anacondas anaconda NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 river river 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 | **lie** | present | 4 anacondas | | | a river | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in river=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 outer ears can you see? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t4:2 # text = How many outer ears can you see? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | can | many outer ears | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} 16, four each ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t4:o1:1 # text = 16, four each 1 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 8, two on each head ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t4:o2:1 # text = 8, two on each head 1 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} None, snakes have no outer ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t4:o3:1 # text = None, snakes have no outer ears 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 6 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | None snakes | no outer ears | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} 4, one each ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t4:o4:1 # text = 4, one each 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 nmod _ _ 4 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` 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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