--- title: Count them: the water jar test is done with 4 crows and then 3 rooks… — How scientists test animal minds: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Count them: the water jar test is done with 4 crows and then 3 rooks. How many birds in all, and how many legs? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 389 «How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle boxes and Clever Hans» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/t5/) [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/) / [How scientists test animal minds: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★★ · How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle… Count them: the water jar test is done with 4 crows and then 3 rooks. How many birds in all, and how many legs? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** count, do · **To what, where:** them, jar test This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 389 «How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle boxes and Clever Hans» 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/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Count them: the water jar test is done with 4 crows and then 3 rooks. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans:t5:1 # text = Count them: the water jar test is done with 4 crows and then 3 rooks. 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 : _ 9 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 rooks rook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . 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 | **do** | present · passive | | the jar test | | | | with 4 crows and 3 rooks | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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 birds in all, and how many legs? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans:t5:2 # text = How many birds in all, and how many legs? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 7 birds, 7 legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans:t5:o1:1 # text = 7 birds, 7 legs 1 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 7 birds, 14 legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans:t5:o2:1 # text = 7 birds, 14 legs 1 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 7 birds, 28 legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans:t5:o3:1 # text = 7 birds, 28 legs 1 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 28 28 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 12 birds, 14 legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans:t5:o4:1 # text = 12 birds, 14 legs 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 legs leg 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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