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title: Count them: two old dogs and one old cat sleep by the fire. How many… — Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: two old dogs and one old cat sleep by the fire. How many grey muzzles at most, legs and tails? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 328 «Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye

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Count them: two old dogs and one old cat sleep by the fire. How many grey muzzles at most, legs and tails?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** count · **To what, where:** them

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 328 «Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye» 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/328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: two old dogs and one old cat sleep by the fire.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t3:1
# text = Count them: two old dogs and one old cat sleep by the fire.
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	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	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* | them *= they* |  |  |  | by the fire | tree rules |

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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 grey muzzles at most, legs and tails?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t3:2
# text = How many grey muzzles at most, legs and tails?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	muzzles	muzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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3 muzzles, 6 legs and 3 tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t3:o1:1
# text = 3 muzzles, 6 legs and 3 tails
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	muzzles	muzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	tails	tail	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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3 muzzles, 12 legs and 6 tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t3:o2:1
# text = 3 muzzles, 12 legs and 6 tails
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	muzzles	muzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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3 muzzles, 12 legs and 3 tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t3:o3:1
# text = 3 muzzles, 12 legs and 3 tails
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	muzzles	muzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	tails	tail	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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2 muzzles, 8 legs and 3 tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t3:o4:1
# text = 2 muzzles, 8 legs and 3 tails
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	muzzles	muzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	tails	tail	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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