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How many kernels and how many silk threads did it once have? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, corn cob, many kernels · **What happens:** count, have, do · **To what, where:** them, 16 rows, cob This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 345 «Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world» 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/345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: a corn cob has 16 rows with 40 kernels in each. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t1:1 # text = Count them: a corn cob has 16 rows with 40 kernels in each. 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 : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 cob cob NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 kernels kernel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . 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 corn cob | 16 rows | | | | with 40 kernels in each | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent row=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 kernels and how many silk threads did it once have? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t1:2 # text = How many kernels and how many silk threads did it once have? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 kernels kernel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 threads thread NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 12 advmod _ _ 12 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | many kernels and many silk threads | cob | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | many kernels and many silk threads *not said here* | | | | | once *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 56 kernels and 56 silks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t1:o1:1 # text = 56 kernels and 56 silks 1 56 56 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kernels kernel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 56 56 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 silks silk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 640 kernels and 40 silks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t1:o2:1 # text = 640 kernels and 40 silks 1 640 640 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kernels kernel 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 silks silk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 640 kernels and 16 silks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t1:o3:1 # text = 640 kernels and 16 silks 1 640 640 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kernels kernel 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 silks silk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 640 kernels and 640 silks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t1:o4:1 # text = 640 kernels and 640 silks 1 640 640 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kernels kernel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 640 640 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 silks silk 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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