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description: Count them: 3 puppies sit on a rug. How many toes in all, if each has the usual dewclaws on the front legs? Test 3 of lesson 326 «A puppy at home: the first weeks» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 3 · A puppy at home: the first weeks

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Count them: 3 puppies sit on a rug. How many toes in all, if each has the usual dewclaws on the front legs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, 3 puppies, each · **What happens:** count, sit, have · **To what, where:** them, rug, usual dewclaws, front legs

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This is test 3 of lesson 326 «A puppy at home: the first weeks» 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/326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: 3 puppies sit on a rug.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t3:1
# text = Count them: 3 puppies sit on a rug.
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	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rug	rug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 | **sit** | present | 3 puppies |  |  | a rug |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rug=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:* How many toes in all, if each has the usual dewclaws on the front legs?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t3:2
# text = How many toes in all, if each has the usual dewclaws on the front legs?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
9	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	dewclaws	dewclaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | each | the usual dewclaws |  | the front legs |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dewclaw=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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36

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t3:o1:1
# text = 36
1	36	36	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 {#o2}

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48

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t3:o2:1
# text = 48
1	48	48	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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60

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t3:o3:1
# text = 60
1	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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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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54

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t3:o4:1
# text = 54
1	54	54	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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