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title: Count them: a lynx sits on a snowy rock. How many black ear tufts an… — Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: a lynx sits on a snowy rock. How many black ear tufts and how many tails? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 372 «Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian brown bears» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian…

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Count them: a lynx sits on a snowy rock. How many black ear tufts and how many tails?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, lynx · **What happens:** count, sit · **To what, where:** them, snowy rock

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 372 «Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian brown bears» 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/372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: a lynx sits on a snowy rock.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t2:1
# text = Count them: a lynx sits on a snowy rock.
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	5	det	_	_
5	lynx	lynx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 | a lynx |  |  | a snowy rock |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=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 black ear tufts and how many tails?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t2:2
# text = How many black ear tufts and how many tails?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tufts	tuft	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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2 tufts and 1 short tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t2:o1:1
# text = 2 tufts and 1 short tail
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tufts	tuft	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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1 tuft and 1 short tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t2:o2:1
# text = 1 tuft and 1 short tail
1	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tuft	tuft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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4 tufts and 1 long tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t2:o3:1
# text = 4 tufts and 1 long tail
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tufts	tuft	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 tufts and 2 tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears:t2:o4:1
# text = 2 tufts and 2 tails
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tufts	tuft	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	2	2	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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