Test 8 · ★ · DNA simply: the recipe in every cell
Count them: 3 pairs of identical twins come to a party. How many people are there, and how many different DNA recipes?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, 3 pairs, many people · What happens: count, come, be · To what, where: them, party
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Count them: 3 pairs of identical twins come to a party.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Count | obj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 pairs | punct |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 pairs | nummod |
| 5 | pairs | pair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 come | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 twins | case |
| 7 | identical | identical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 twins | amod |
| 8 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pairs | nmod |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Count | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 party | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 party | det |
| 12 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 come | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Count | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | present | 3 pairs of identical twins | a party | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial_Location |
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 people are there, and how many different DNA recipes?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 people | amod |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 there | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 there | cop |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 recipes | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 recipes | cc |
| 8 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 many | advmod |
| 9 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 recipes | amod |
| 10 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 recipes | amod |
| 11 | DNA | DNA | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 recipes | compound |
| 12 | recipes | recipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 there | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 there | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | many people | many different DNA recipes obl; there property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
6 people and 1 DNA recipe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 people | nummod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 recipe | cc |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 DNA | nummod |
| 5 | DNA | DNA | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 recipe | compound |
| 6 | recipe | recipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 people | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
6 people and 3 different DNA recipes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 people | nummod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 recipes | cc |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 recipes | nummod |
| 5 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 recipes | amod |
| 6 | DNA | DNA | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 recipes | compound |
| 7 | recipes | recipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 people | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
3 people and 3 DNA recipes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 people | nummod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 recipes | cc |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 recipes | nummod |
| 5 | DNA | DNA | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 recipes | compound |
| 6 | recipes | recipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 people | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
6 people and 6 different DNA recipes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 people | nummod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 recipes | cc |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 recipes | nummod |
| 5 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 recipes | amod |
| 6 | DNA | DNA | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 recipes | compound |
| 7 | recipes | recipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 people | 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. Elamur Cosmic License.
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