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title: It is given that most woodpeckers possess two toes directed forward… — Cartoon animals put right: Scooby-Doo,… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that most woodpeckers possess two toes directed forward and two directed backward on each foot. Ascertain the total number of toes directed forward upon both feet. Exam question 4 of lesson 396 «Cartoon animals put right: Scooby-Doo, Garfield, Sonic, Winnie the Pooh and Woody Woodpecker»
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# Exam question 4 · Cartoon animals put right: Scooby-Doo, Garfield, Sonic, Wi…

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It is given that most woodpeckers possess two toes directed forward and two directed backward on each foot. Ascertain the total number of toes directed forward upon both feet.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** most woodpeckers, two toes, two, you · **What happens:** give, possess, direct, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, foot, total number, toes

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 396 «Cartoon animals put right: Scooby-Doo, Garfield, Sonic, Winnie the Pooh and Woody Woodpecker» 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/396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that most woodpeckers possess two toes directed forward and two directed backward on each foot.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker:e4:1
# text = It is given that most woodpeckers possess two toes directed forward and two directed backward on each foot.
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	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	woodpeckers	woodpecker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	directed	direct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nsubj	_	_
14	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
15	backward	backward	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | most woodpeckers |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **direct** | past | two toes |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **direct** | participle | two |  |  | each foot |  | backward *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent on foot=Eventuality |

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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 total number of toes directed forward upon both feet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker:e4:2
# text = Ascertain the total number of toes directed forward upon both feet.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
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	_	_
7	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 total number of toes |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **direct** | participle |  | toes *not said here* |  |  |  | upon both feet; forward *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent upon foot=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker:e4:o1:1
# text = Two
1	Two	two	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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Six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker:e4:o2:1
# text = Six
1	Six	six	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 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Four

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker:e4:o3:1
# text = Four
1	Four	four	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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Eight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker:e4:o4:1
# text = Eight
1	Eight	eight	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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