--- title: Ascertain the aggregate number of legs possessed by three insects to… — The insect house: ants, stick insects,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the aggregate number of legs possessed by three insects together with two scorpions. Exam question 3 of lesson 97 «The insect house: ants, stick insects, tarantulas and scorpions» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions/e3/) [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 insect house: ants, stick insects,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The insect house: ants, stick insects, tarantulas and scor… Ascertain the aggregate number of legs possessed by three insects together with two scorpions. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, possess · **To what, where:** aggregate number, legs This is exam question 3 of lesson 97 «The insect house: ants, stick insects, tarantulas and scorpions» 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/97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the aggregate number of legs possessed by three insects together with two scorpions. 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 legs leg 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 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 together together ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 scorpions scorpion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . 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 legs | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **possess** | participle | | legs *not said here* | | | | by three insects; with two scorpions; together *property* | 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} Forty ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions:e3:o1:1 # text = Forty 1 Forty forty NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Twenty-eight ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions:e3:o2:1 # text = Twenty-eight 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Thirty ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions:e3:o3:1 # text = Thirty 1 Thirty thirty 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} Thirty-four ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions:e3:o4:1 # text = Thirty-four 1 Thirty thirty 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. **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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