--- title: What would happen if a grown T. rex walked into your school yard? — Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a grown T. rex walked into your school yard? Test 11 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 option; Mova's choice --- [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/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/) / [Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms/) / t11 # Test 11 · Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know, from teeth and dun… What would happen if a grown T. rex walked into your school yard? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grown T. rex · **What happens:** happen, grow, walk This is test 11 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. 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:t11:1 # text = What would happen if a grown T. rex walked into your school yard? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 7 T. T. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 rex rex NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **walk** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a grown T. rex | | | | | into your school yard *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into yard=Result | 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} It would fit under a table ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:t11:o1:1 # text = It would fit under a table 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fit** | would | It | | | a table | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent under table=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would be no taller than a pony ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:t11:o2:1 # text = It would be no taller than a pony 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 no no ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | would | It | | | | | than a pony; tall *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Its hips would be as high as a double-decker bus ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:t11:o3:1 # text = Its hips would be as high as a double-decker bus 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hips hip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 decker decker NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | Its hips | | | | | as a decker bus; high *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} It would be much taller than a skyscraper in a big city ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:t11:o4:1 # text = It would be much taller than a skyscraper in a big city 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 skyscraper skyscraper NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | It | | | a big city | | than a skyscraper; tall *property* | 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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