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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the speed of an adult Tyrannosaurus rex. Exam question 2 of lesson 265 «Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know, from teeth and dung to tiny arms» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 2 · Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know, from teeth and dun…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the speed of an adult Tyrannosaurus rex.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, speed

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 265 «Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know, from teeth and dung to tiny arms» 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/265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the speed of an adult Tyrannosaurus rex.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	Tyrannosaurus	Tyrannosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the speed of a adult Tyrannosaurus rex |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus speed=Experiencer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is understood to have been incapable of true rapid running on account of its great mass

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:e2:o1:1
# text = It is understood to have been incapable of true rapid running on account of its great mass
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	understood	understand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
10	rapid	rapid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive · perfect |  | incapable |  |  |  | of true rapid running account of account's great mass | tree rules |
| 3 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **account** |  |  | account's great mass |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is understood to have been entirely immobile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:e2:o2:1
# text = It is understood to have been entirely immobile
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	understood	understand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	immobile	immobile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | entirely, immobile *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is understood to have been the swiftest of all dinosaurs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:e2:o3:1
# text = It is understood to have been the swiftest of all dinosaurs
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	understood	understand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	swiftest	swift	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | of all dinosaurs; swift *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is understood to have exceeded the speed of a motor vehicle travelling upon a modern road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:e2:o4:1
# text = It is understood to have exceeded the speed of a motor vehicle travelling upon a modern road
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	understood	understand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	exceeded	exceed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	travelling	travel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **exceed** | to-infinitive · perfect |  | the speed of a motor vehicle |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot speed=Theme |
| 3 | **travel** | gerund | a motor vehicle *not said here* |  |  | a modern road |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon road=Trajectory |

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