--- title: It is given that a colony of nine penguins is enumerated. Ascertain… — The penguin pool · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a colony of nine penguins is enumerated. Ascertain the aggregate number of flippers. Exam question 4 of lesson 99 «The penguin pool» 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/99-the-penguin-pool/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 penguin pool](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/99-the-penguin-pool/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The penguin pool It is given that a colony of nine penguins is enumerated. Ascertain the aggregate number of flippers. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, enumerate, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, colony, aggregate number This is exam question 4 of lesson 99 «The penguin pool» 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/99-the-penguin-pool/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a colony of nine penguins is enumerated. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:e4:1 # text = It is given that a colony of nine penguins is enumerated. 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 _ 11 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 colony colony NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 penguins penguin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 enumerated enumerate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . 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 | **enumerate** | present · passive | | a colony of nine penguins | | | | | tree rules | 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 flippers. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:e4:2 # text = Ascertain the aggregate number of flippers. 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 flippers flipper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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 flippers | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Thirty-six ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:e4:o1:1 # text = Thirty-six 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Twenty-seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:e4:o2:1 # text = Twenty-seven 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Eighteen ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool: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} Nine ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:99-the-penguin-pool:e4: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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