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title: Count them: a mammoth has 2 tusks and 4 grinding teeth at once. How… — Ice Age Ukraine and Europe: cave bears… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: a mammoth has 2 tusks and 4 grinding teeth at once. How many tusks and grinding teeth do 3 mammoths have together? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 385 «Ice Age Ukraine and Europe: cave bears, cave lions, the Siberian unicorn and mammoth-bone houses» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Ice Age Ukraine and Europe: cave bears, cave lions, the Si…

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Count them: a mammoth has 2 tusks and 4 grinding teeth at once. How many tusks and grinding teeth do 3 mammoths have together?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, mammoth, 2 tusks, many tusks, 3 mammoths · **What happens:** count, have, grind, do · **To what, where:** them, 2 tusks, teeth

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 385 «Ice Age Ukraine and Europe: cave bears, cave lions, the Siberian unicorn and mammoth-bone houses» 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/385-ice-age-ukraine-and-europe-cave-bears-cave-lions-the-siberian-unicorn-and-mammoth-bone-houses/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: a mammoth has 2 tusks and 4 grinding teeth at once.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:385-ice-age-ukraine-and-europe-cave-bears-cave-lions-the-siberian-unicorn-and-mammoth-bone-houses:t1:1
# text = Count them: a mammoth has 2 tusks and 4 grinding teeth at once.
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	mammoth	mammoth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	tusks	tusk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	conj	_	_
11	grinding	grind	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 | **have** | present | a mammoth | 2 tusks |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tusk=Patient |
| 3 | **grind** | gerund | 2 tusks *not said here* | teeth |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |

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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 tusks and grinding teeth do 3 mammoths have together?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:385-ice-age-ukraine-and-europe-cave-bears-cave-lions-the-siberian-unicorn-and-mammoth-bone-houses:t1:2
# text = How many tusks and grinding teeth do 3 mammoths have together?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tusks	tusk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	grinding	grind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	amod	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	mammoths	mammoth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	together	together	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grind** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | present | many tusks and grinding teeth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | present | 3 mammoths |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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3 tusks and 12 grinding teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:385-ice-age-ukraine-and-europe-cave-bears-cave-lions-the-siberian-unicorn-and-mammoth-bone-houses:t1:o1:1
# text = 3 tusks and 12 grinding teeth
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tusks	tusk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	grinding	grind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	amod	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grind** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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6 tusks and 6 grinding teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:385-ice-age-ukraine-and-europe-cave-bears-cave-lions-the-siberian-unicorn-and-mammoth-bone-houses:t1:o2:1
# text = 6 tusks and 6 grinding teeth
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tusks	tusk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	grinding	grind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	amod	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grind** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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6 tusks and 12 grinding teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:385-ice-age-ukraine-and-europe-cave-bears-cave-lions-the-siberian-unicorn-and-mammoth-bone-houses:t1:o3:1
# text = 6 tusks and 12 grinding teeth
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tusks	tusk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	grinding	grind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	amod	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grind** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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2 tusks and 4 grinding teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:385-ice-age-ukraine-and-europe-cave-bears-cave-lions-the-siberian-unicorn-and-mammoth-bone-houses:t1:o4:1
# text = 2 tusks and 4 grinding teeth
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tusks	tusk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	grinding	grind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	amod	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grind** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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