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Test 9 of lesson 366 «Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-nosed moles, saigas, pangolins and hagfish» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/t9/) [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/) / [Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-n…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/) / t9 # Test 9 · Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-nosed moles, saigas,… Count them: a pangolin mother and two babies roll into balls. How many balls, and how many tongues do they have together? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pangolin mother, many balls · **What happens:** count, roll, have · **To what, where:** them, balls This is test 9 of lesson 366 «Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-nosed moles, saigas, pangolins and hagfish» 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/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: a pangolin mother and two babies roll into balls. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:t9:1 # text = Count them: a pangolin mother and two babies roll into balls. 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 6 det _ _ 5 pangolin pangolin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 10 roll roll VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 balls ball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . 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 | **roll** | present | a pangolin mother and two babies | | | balls | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ball=Destination | 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 balls, and how many tongues do they have together? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:t9:2 # text = How many balls, and how many tongues do they have together? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 balls ball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 together together ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · do-support | many balls | | | | | together *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 6 balls and 3 tongues ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:t9:o1:1 # text = 6 balls and 3 tongues 1 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 balls ball 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 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 3 balls and 3 tongues ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:t9:o2:1 # text = 3 balls and 3 tongues 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 balls ball 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 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 3 balls and 6 tongues ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:t9:o3:1 # text = 3 balls and 6 tongues 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 balls ball 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 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 1 ball and 3 tongues ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:t9:o4:1 # text = 1 ball and 3 tongues 1 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 tongues tongue 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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