--- title: «how does a huge thing like that breathe properly» What helped sauro… — The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Br… · tree and pragmatics description: «how does a huge thing like that breathe properly» What helped sauropods breathe? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 266 «The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argentinosaurus and Brontosaurus» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods/t10/) [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/) / [The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Br…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argenti… «how does a huge thing like that breathe properly» What helped sauropods breathe? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, sauropods · **What happens:** do, breathe, help · **To what, where:** huge thing, sauropods · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 266 «The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argentinosaurus and Brontosaurus» 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/266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t10:1 # text = «how does a huge thing like that breathe properly» What helped sauropods breathe? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 like like SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 9 breathe breathe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 10 properly properly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 12 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 13 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 sauropods sauropod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 15 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present | | a huge thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **breathe** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | properly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **help** | past | | sauropods | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent sauropod=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 4 | **breathe** | infinitive | sauropods *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Gills along the neck, like a fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t10:o1:1 # text = Gills along the neck, like a fish 1 Gills gill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 along along ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A big blowhole on top of the head, like a whale ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t10:o2:1 # text = A big blowhole on top of the head, like a whale 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 blowhole blowhole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Breathing only through the skin, like a frog ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t10:o3:1 # text = Breathing only through the skin, like a frog 1 Breathing breathe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **breathe** | gerund | | the skin | | | | like a frog | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Air sacs linked to the bones, like a bird's ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t10:o4:1 # text = Air sacs linked to the bones, like a bird's 1 Air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 sacs sac NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 linked link VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **link** | participle | | Air sacs like a bird *not said here* | | | | to the bones | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to bone=Co-Patient | **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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