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title: Identify the number of cervical vertebrae possessed by the giraffe. — Viral facts and chain messages · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the number of cervical vertebrae possessed by the giraffe. Exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Viral facts and chain messages» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Viral facts and chain messages

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Identify the number of cervical vertebrae possessed by the giraffe.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, possess · **To what, where:** number, cervical vertebrae

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Viral facts and chain messages» of the myths 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/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:e2:1
# text = Identify the number of cervical vertebrae possessed by the giraffe.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	cervical	cervical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	vertebrae	vertebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	possessed	possess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of cervical vertebrae |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent number=Theme |
| 2 | **possess** | participle |  | cervical vertebrae *not said here* |  |  |  | by the giraffe | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 {#o1}

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Three, each of exceptional length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:e2:o1:1
# text = Three, each of exceptional length
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Seventy, being ten times the number found in humans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:e2:o2:1
# text = Seventy, being ten times the number found in humans
1	Seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
4	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
8	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | gerund |  | Seventy ten times |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | the number *not said here* |  |  |  | in humans | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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None, the neck consisting solely of muscle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:e2:o3:1
# text = None, the neck consisting solely of muscle
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	consisting	consist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of muscle; solely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Seven, being equal in number to those of humans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:e2:o4:1
# text = Seven, being equal in number to those of humans
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | Seven |  |  | number |  | to those; equal *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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