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title: It is given that a domestic cat possesses five toes on each fore paw… — Documentaries vs cartoons: added sound… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a domestic cat possesses five toes on each fore paw and four toes on each hind paw. Ascertain the aggregate number of toes. Exam question 4 of lesson 395 «Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Exam question 4 · Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories an…

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It is given that a domestic cat possesses five toes on each fore paw and four toes on each hind paw. Ascertain the aggregate number of toes.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** domestic cat, you · **What happens:** give, possess, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, five toes, fore paw, aggregate number

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 395 «Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real» 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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a domestic cat possesses five toes on each fore paw and four toes on each hind paw.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:e4:1
# text = It is given that a domestic cat possesses five toes on each fore paw and four toes on each hind paw.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
13	fore	fore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
20	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **possess** | present | a domestic cat | five toes and four toes on each hind paw |  | each fore paw |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot toe=Theme |

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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:* Ascertain the aggregate number of toes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:e4:2
# text = Ascertain the aggregate number of toes.
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	_	6	case	_	_
6	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate number of toes |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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Eighteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:e4:o1:1
# text = Eighteen
1	Eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Twenty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:e4:o2:1
# text = Twenty
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sixteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:e4:o3:1
# text = Sixteen
1	Sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:e4:o4:1
# text = Nine
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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