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Test 2 of lesson 325 «Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Choosing a pet: the questions to ask f…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/) / t2 # Test 2 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first Count them: a family has 2 dogs, 1 cat and 3 guinea pigs. How many legs and tails in all? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, family · **What happens:** count, have · **To what, where:** them, 2 dogs This is test 2 of lesson 325 «Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first» 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: a family has 2 dogs, 1 cat and 3 guinea pigs. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t2:1 # text = Count them: a family has 2 dogs, 1 cat and 3 guinea pigs. 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 : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 14 guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . 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 | **have** | present | a family | 2 dogs | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient | 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 legs and tails in all? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t2:2 # text = How many legs and tails in all? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 18 legs and 3 tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t2:o1:1 # text = 18 legs and 3 tails 1 18 18 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 24 legs and 6 tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t2:o2:1 # text = 24 legs and 6 tails 1 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 24 legs and 3 tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t2:o3:1 # text = 24 legs and 3 tails 1 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 12 legs and 6 tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t2:o4:1 # text = 12 legs and 6 tails 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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