--- title: It is given that the gestation of the elephant is the longest of any… — The elephant house: herds, feet, food… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that the gestation of the elephant is the longest of any land animal. State its approximate duration. Exam question 4 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/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 elephant house: herds, feet, food…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth It is given that the gestation of the elephant is the longest of any land animal. State its approximate duration. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gestation · **What happens:** give, be · **To what, where:** It This is exam question 4 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» 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/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that the gestation of the elephant is the longest of any land animal. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e4:1 # text = It is given that the gestation of the elephant is the longest of any land animal. 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 _ 12 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gestation gestation NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 longest long ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 15 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **is** | present | the gestation of the elephant | | | | | of any land animal; long *property* | tree rules | 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:* State its approximate duration. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e4:2 # text = State its approximate duration. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Twenty-two months ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e4:o1:1 # text = Twenty-two months 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Five years ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e4:o2:1 # text = Five years 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Two months ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e4:o3:1 # text = Two months 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Nine months ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e4:o4:1 # text = Nine months 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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