--- title: Ascertain the aggregate number of hearts possessed by three octopuses. — The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, se… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the aggregate number of hearts possessed by three octopuses. Exam question 2 of lesson 92 «The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep sea» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea/e2/) [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 aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, se…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep… Ascertain the aggregate number of hearts possessed by three octopuses. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, possess · **To what, where:** aggregate number, hearts This is exam question 2 of lesson 92 «The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep sea» 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/92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the aggregate number of hearts possessed by three octopuses. 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 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 octopuses octopus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate number of hearts | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **possess** | participle | | hearts *not said here* | | | | by three octopuses | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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} Twenty-four ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:e2: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 _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Six ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:e2:o2:1 # text = Six 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Three ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:e2:o3:1 # text = Three 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nine ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:e2:o4:1 # text = Nine 1 Nine nine 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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