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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the limbs of a squid? Exam question 2 of lesson 40 «Counting animals: legs, arms, wings and tails» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Exam question 2 · Counting animals: legs, arms, wings and tails

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the limbs of a squid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** limbs

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 40 «Counting animals: legs, arms, wings and tails» 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/40-counting-legs-arms-wings-and-tails/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:40-counting-legs-arms-wings-and-tails:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the limbs of a squid?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	squid	squid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the limbs of a squid |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ten arms, all of equal length and bearing suckers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:40-counting-legs-arms-wings-and-tails:e2:o1:1
# text = Ten arms, all of equal length and bearing suckers
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	suckers	sucker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Eight arms together with two elongated tentacles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:40-counting-legs-arms-wings-and-tails:e2:o2:1
# text = Eight arms together with two elongated tentacles
1	Eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	elongated	elongate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	tentacles	tentacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elongate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Six arms and four tentacles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:40-counting-legs-arms-wings-and-tails:e2:o3:1
# text = Six arms and four tentacles
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tentacles	tentacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eight arms and no tentacles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:40-counting-legs-arms-wings-and-tails:e2:o4:1
# text = Eight arms and no tentacles
1	Eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	tentacles	tentacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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