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title: Count them: at the kennels there are 4 dogs and 2 cats in the catter… — Lost pets, microchips, holidays and mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: at the kennels there are 4 dogs and 2 cats in the cattery next door. How many ears and how many tails are there? Test 11 of lesson 332 «Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 11 · Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house

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Count them: at the kennels there are 4 dogs and 2 cats in the cattery next door. How many ears and how many tails are there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, 4 dogs, many ears · **What happens:** count, be · **To what, where:** them, kennels

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This is test 11 of lesson 332 «Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house» 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/332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: at the kennels there are 4 dogs and 2 cats in the cattery next door.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:t11:1
# text = Count them: at the kennels there are 4 dogs and 2 cats in the cattery next door.
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	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kennels	kennel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	_
8	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	cattery	cattery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
17	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | **does** | present | 4 dogs in the cattery next door and 2 cats |  |  | the kennels; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at kennel=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 ears and how many tails are there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:t11:2
# text = How many ears and how many tails are there?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | many ears and many tails |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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12 ears and 6 tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:t11:o1:1
# text = 12 ears and 6 tails
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ears	ear	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	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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6 ears and 6 tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:t11:o2:1
# text = 6 ears and 6 tails
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ears	ear	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	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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24 ears and 6 tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:t11:o3:1
# text = 24 ears and 6 tails
1	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ears	ear	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	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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12 ears and 4 tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:t11:o4:1
# text = 12 ears and 4 tails
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	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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**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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