--- title: It is given that two nine-banded armadillos produce litters of the c… — The nocturnal house: night animals by… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that two nine-banded armadillos produce litters of the customary size. Ascertain the aggregate number of offspring. Exam question 4 of lesson 95 «The nocturnal house: night animals by red light» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/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 nocturnal house: night animals by…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The nocturnal house: night animals by red light It is given that two nine-banded armadillos produce litters of the customary size. Ascertain the aggregate number of offspring. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two banded armadillos, you · **What happens:** give, produce, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, litters, aggregate number This is exam question 4 of lesson 95 «The nocturnal house: night animals by red light» 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/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that two nine-banded armadillos produce litters of the customary size. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:e4:1 # text = It is given that two nine-banded armadillos produce litters of the customary size. 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 _ 10 mark _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 6 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 banded banded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 armadillos armadillo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 produce produce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 litters litter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 customary customary NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . 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 | **produce** | present | two banded armadillos | litters of the customary size | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Result | 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:* Ascertain the aggregate number of offspring. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:e4:2 # text = Ascertain the aggregate number of offspring. 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 offspring offspring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . 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 offspring | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:e4:o1:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Eight ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:e4:o2:1 # text = Eight 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Eighteen ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:e4:o3:1 # text = Eighteen 1 Eighteen eighteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:e4:o4:1 # text = Four 1 Four four 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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