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description: It is given that each insect possesses six legs. Ascertain the aggregate number of legs belonging to one beetle, one ant and one bee. Exam question 1 of lesson 400 «The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301 to 399» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 1 · The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301…

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It is given that each insect possesses six legs. Ascertain the aggregate number of legs belonging to one beetle, one ant and one bee.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** insect, you, legs · **What happens:** give, possess, ascertain, belong · **To what, where:** It, six legs, aggregate number

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 400 «The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301 to 399» 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/400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399/#e1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that each insect possesses six legs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:e1:1
# text = It is given that each insect possesses six legs.
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	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 | each insect | six legs |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=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 legs belonging to one beetle, one ant and one bee.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:e1:2
# text = Ascertain the aggregate number of legs belonging to one beetle, one ant and one bee.
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	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	beetle	beetle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 legs |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **belong** | gerund | legs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to one beetle and one ant and one bee | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Twenty-four

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:e1:o1:1
# text = Twenty-four
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	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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Eighteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:e1:o2:1
# 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 3 {#o3}

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Twelve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:e1:o3:1
# text = Twelve
1	Twelve	twelve	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:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:e1: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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