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title: In The Jungle Book four vultures sit on a dead tree and chat. Count… — Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vul… · tree and pragmatics
description: In The Jungle Book four vultures sit on a dead tree and chat. Count them: how many wings and how many talons on all their feet? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 324 «Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures

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In The Jungle Book four vultures sit on a dead tree and chat. Count them: how many wings and how many talons on all their feet?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** four vultures, you · **What happens:** sit, count · **To what, where:** Jungle Book, vultures

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 324 «Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures» 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/324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In The Jungle Book four vultures sit on a dead tree and chat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t3:1
# text = In The Jungle Book four vultures sit on a dead tree and chat.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Jungle	Jungle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	vultures	vulture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | four vultures |  |  | the Jungle Book |  | on a dead tree and chat | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in book=Location |

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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:* Count them: how many wings and how many talons on all their feet?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t3:2
# text = Count them: how many wings and how many talons on all their feet?
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	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
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	talons	talon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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* | vultures *= vulture* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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8 wings and 32 talons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t3:o1:1
# text = 8 wings and 32 talons
1	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	32	32	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	talons	talon	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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8 wings and 40 talons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t3:o2:1
# text = 8 wings and 40 talons
1	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	talons	talon	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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8 wings and 16 talons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t3:o3:1
# text = 8 wings and 16 talons
1	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	talons	talon	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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4 wings and 16 talons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:t3:o4:1
# text = 4 wings and 16 talons
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	talons	talon	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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