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title: «stand still mate, it can't see you if you don't move!!» Is that rig… — Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know… · tree and pragmatics
description: «stand still mate, it can't see you if you don't move!!» Is that right? Test 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 option; Mova's c
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# Test 3 · Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know, from teeth and dun…

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«stand still mate, it can't see you if you don't move!!» Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, mate, that · **What happens:** stand, not see, not move, be · **To what, where:** you

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This is test 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «stand still mate, it can't see you if you don't move!!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:t3:1
# text = «stand still mate, it can't see you if you don't move!!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still | mate *vocative* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | can | mate | you |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
| 3 | **not** **move** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is that right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:t3:2
# text = Is that right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, because T. rex was totally blind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:t3:o1:1
# text = No, because T. rex was totally blind
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | T. rex |  |  |  |  | blind, totally *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, T. rex had good eyes and a keen nose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:t3:o2:1
# text = No, T. rex had good eyes and a keen nose
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | T. rex | good eyes and a keen nose |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, but only at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only at night
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, it only saw moving things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, it only saw moving things
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **move** | gerund |  | things |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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