--- title: «how did glyptodonts stay safe from sabre-tooths, they slow» What is… — Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground slo… · tree and pragmatics description: «how did glyptodonts stay safe from sabre-tooths, they slow» What is right? Test 11 of lesson 131 «Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground sloths, glyptodonts and dodos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat/t11/) [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/) / [Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground slo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat/) / t11 # Test 11 · Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground sloths, glyptodonts and… «how did glyptodonts stay safe from sabre-tooths, they slow» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** glyptodonts · **What happens:** stay, slow, be This is test 11 of lesson 131 «Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground sloths, glyptodonts and dodos» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t11:1 # text = «how did glyptodonts stay safe from sabre-tooths, they slow» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 glyptodonts glyptodont NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 sabre sabre NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 tooths tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 slow slow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** *in a quote* | past · do-support | glyptodonts | | | | | safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **slow** *in a quote* | present | glyptodonts *= glyptodont* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They climbed tall trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t11:o1:1 # text = They climbed tall trees 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | past | They | tall trees | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Their thick bony shell protected them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t11:o2:1 # text = Their thick bony shell protected them 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 bony bony ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 protected protect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | past | Their thick bony shell | them *= they* | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 {#o3} They hid under the ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t11:o3:1 # text = They hid under the ice 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | They | | | the ice | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under ice=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} They ran faster than any cat, even with their heavy shells ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t11:o4:1 # text = They ran faster than any cat, even with their heavy shells 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 shells shell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | They | | | | | with their heavy shells; fast *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with shell=Material | **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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