--- title: Ascertain the aggregate number of true legs and prolegs possessed by… — Silkworms and goldfish: two animals Ch… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the aggregate number of true legs and prolegs possessed by a single silkworm. Exam question 2 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/e2/) [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/) / [Silkworms and goldfish: two animals Ch…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed Ascertain the aggregate number of true legs and prolegs possessed by a single silkworm. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, possess · **To what, where:** aggregate number, true legs This is exam question 2 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the aggregate number of true legs and prolegs possessed by a single silkworm. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 aggregate aggregate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 prolegs proleg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 10 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 silkworm silkworm NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate number of true legs and prolegs | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **possess** | participle | | true legs and prolegs *not said here* | | | | by a single silkworm | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Eight ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e2:o1:1 # text = Eight 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Sixteen ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e2:o2:1 # text = Sixteen 1 Sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e2:o3:1 # text = Ten 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Six ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e2:o4:1 # text = Six 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` 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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