--- title: A toucan is perched on a branch. How many of its toes point backwards? — The aviary: the walk-through tropical… · tree and pragmatics description: A toucan is perched on a branch. How many of its toes point backwards? Test 2 of lesson 93 «The aviary: the walk-through tropical house» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house/t2/) [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 aviary: the walk-through tropical…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house/) / t2 # Test 2 · The aviary: the walk-through tropical house A toucan is perched on a branch. How many of its toes point backwards? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many · **What happens:** perch, point · **To what, where:** toucan, branch This is test 2 of lesson 93 «The aviary: the walk-through tropical house» 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/93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A toucan is perched on a branch. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t2:1 # text = A toucan is perched on a branch. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 toucan toucan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 perched perch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perch** | present · passive | | a toucan | | a branch | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on branch=Destination | 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 of its toes point backwards? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t2:2 # text = How many of its toes point backwards? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 point point VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | present | many of branch's toes | | | | | backwards *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} One on each foot ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t2:o1:1 # text = One on each foot 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Three on each foot ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t2:o2:1 # text = Three on each foot 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} None at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t2:o3:1 # text = None at all 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Two on each foot ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house:t2:o4:1 # text = Two on each foot 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` 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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