--- title: «a fisherman caught a fish that died with the dinosaurs!» What is ri… — Strange discoveries: living fossils, h… · tree and pragmatics description: «a fisherman caught a fish that died with the dinosaurs!» What is right? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 190 «Strange discoveries: living fossils, hidden apes and animals found in drawers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers/t9/) [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/) / [Strange discoveries: living fossils, h…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Strange discoveries: living fossils, hidden apes and anima… «a fisherman caught a fish that died with the dinosaurs!» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fisherman, fish · **What happens:** catch, die, be · **To what, where:** fish This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 190 «Strange discoveries: living fossils, hidden apes and animals found in drawers» 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/190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «a fisherman caught a fish that died with the dinosaurs!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers:t9:1 # text = «a fisherman caught a fish that died with the dinosaurs!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** *in a quote* | past | a fisherman | a fish | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme | | 2 | **die** *in a quote* | past | a fish | | | | | with the dinosaurs | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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:* What is right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers:t9:2 # text = What is right? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It was a stone fossil, not a fish, dug out of the rocks by the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers:t9:o1:1 # text = It was a stone fossil, not a fish, dug out of the rocks by the sea 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 dug dig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a stone fossil and a fish | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dig out** | participle | | the rocks | | | | by the sea | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rock=Theme by sea=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} It was a shark in disguise ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers:t9:o2:1 # text = It was a shark in disguise 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shark shark NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a shark | | disguise | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The coelacanth was thought extinct but was caught alive in 1938 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers:t9:o3:1 # text = The coelacanth was thought extinct but was caught alive in 1938 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 coelacanth coelacanth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 extinct extinct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 9 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 1938 1938 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · passive | | the coelacanth | | | | extinct *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **catch** | past · passive | | | | 1938 | | alive *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was a dinosaur ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers:t9:o4:1 # text = It was a dinosaur 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a dinosaur | | | | | tree rules | **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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