--- title: Ascertain the approximate number of species of wild cat presently re… — The big cats house: snow leopards, jag… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the approximate number of species of wild cat presently recognised. Exam question 4 of lesson 82 «The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The big cats house: snow leopards, jag…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and… Ascertain the approximate number of species of wild cat presently recognised. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, recognise · **To what, where:** approximate number, wild cat This is exam question 4 of lesson 82 «The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment» 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/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the approximate number of species of wild cat presently recognised. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 species species NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 presently presently ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 recognised recognise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate number of species of wild cat | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **recognise** | participle | | wild cat *not said here* | | | | presently *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} About four in all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e4:o1:1 # text = About four in all 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} About forty ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e4:o2:1 # text = About forty 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} About four hundred ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e4:o3:1 # text = About four hundred 1 About about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} About four thousand ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e4:o4:1 # text = About four thousand 1 About about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|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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