--- title: Ascertain the nature of a coprolite, as the term is employed in pala… — Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the nature of a coprolite, as the term is employed in palaeontology. Exam question 3 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 pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms/e3/) [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/) / [Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know, from teeth and dun… Ascertain the nature of a coprolite, as the term is employed in palaeontology. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, employ · **To what, where:** nature, term, palaeontology This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the nature of a coprolite, as the term is employed in palaeontology. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 coprolite coprolite NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 palaeontology palaeontology NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the nature of a coprolite | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic | | 2 | **employ** | present · passive | | the term | | palaeontology | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 {#o1} A fossilised tooth ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:e3:o1:1 # text = A fossilised tooth 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fossilised fossilis VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fossilis** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} A fossilised egg ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:e3:o2:1 # text = A fossilised egg 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fossilised fossilis VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fossilis** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} A fossilised footprint ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:e3:o3:1 # text = A fossilised footprint 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fossilised fossilis VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 footprint footprint NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fossilis** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Fossilised dung ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:e3:o4:1 # text = Fossilised dung 1 Fossilised fossilis VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 dung dung NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fossilis** | participle | | | | | | | 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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