--- title: A cartoon cobra with two little ears dances to the tune. How many ou… — The reptile house: snakes · tree and pragmatics description: A cartoon cobra with two little ears dances to the tune. How many outer ears does a real snake have? 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How many outer ears does a real snake have? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon cobra, many outer ears · **What happens:** dance, have · **To what, where:** tune This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 87 «The reptile house: snakes» 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/87-reptile-house-snakes/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A cartoon cobra with two little ears dances to the tune. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t7:1 # text = A cartoon cobra with two little ears dances to the tune. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 cobra cobra NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 8 dances dance VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | present | a cartoon cobra with two little ears | | | the tune | | | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme to tune=Trajectory | 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:* How many outer ears does a real snake have? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t7:2 # text = How many outer ears does a real snake have? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · do-support | many outer ears | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} None; it follows the flute's movement ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t7:o1:1 # text = None; it follows the flute's movement 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 movement movement NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | present | it | the flute's movement | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent movement=Theme | | 2 | **move** | | | the flute | | | | | nom movement «act transitive»: poss=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} One, on top of its head ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t7:o2:1 # text = One, on top of its head 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Four, hidden under the hood ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t7:o3:1 # text = Four, hidden under the hood 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hood hood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | participle | | | | the hood | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under hood=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Two, like a dog, but hidden under scales ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t7:o4:1 # text = Two, like a dog, but hidden under scales 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 9 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | participle | | | | scales | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under scale=Location | **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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