--- title: ★★★ A survey team counts animals on 3 stretches of river: 4 water vo… — The real animals of the river bank: th… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ A survey team counts animals on 3 stretches of river: 4 water voles on each stretch, and 1 otter on 2 of them. A mink kills 2 voles. How many voles and otters are left in all? 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How many voles and otters are left in all? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, survey team, mink · **What happens:** ★, count, kill, leave · **To what, where:** 4 water voles, animals, 3 stretches, 2 voles, many voles, all This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 403 «The real animals of the river bank: the water vole, the mole, the otter, the toad and the river birds» 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/403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ A survey team counts animals on 3 stretches of river: 4 water voles on each stretch, and 1 otter on 2 of them. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t11:1 # text = ★★★ A survey team counts animals on 3 stretches of river: 4 water voles on each stretch, and 1 otter on 2 of them. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 survey survey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 stretches stretch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 16 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 voles vole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 stretch stretch NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 otter otter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **★** | present | ★ | 4 water voles on each stretch | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **count** | present | a survey team | animals | | 3 stretches of river | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme | 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:* A mink kills 2 voles. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t11:2 # text = A mink kills 2 voles. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mink mink NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 voles vole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | present | a mink | 2 voles | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vole=Theme | *Sentence 3:* How many voles and otters are left in all? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t11:3 # text = How many voles and otters are left in all? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 voles vole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 otters otter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present · passive | | many voles and otters | | all | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in all=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 14 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t11:o1:1 # text = 14 1 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 12 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t11:o2:1 # text = 12 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 10 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t11:o3:1 # text = 10 1 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 15 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t11:o4:1 # text = 15 1 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` 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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