--- title: «if Argentinosaurus is the heaviest thing ever, beat that» What is t… — The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Br… · tree and pragmatics description: «if Argentinosaurus is the heaviest thing ever, beat that» What is true? Test 11 · ★ 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 and of each --- [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/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/) / [The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Br…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argenti… «if Argentinosaurus is the heaviest thing ever, beat that» What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Argentinosaurus · **What happens:** be, beat · **To what, where:** heaviest thing, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t11:1 # text = «if Argentinosaurus is the heaviest thing ever, beat that» What is true? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 Argentinosaurus Argentinosaurus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 heaviest heavy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 advcl _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 10 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 csubj _ _ 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 13 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Argentinosaurus | the heaviest thing | | | ever | | tree rules | | 2 | **beat** *in a quote* | infinitive | | that | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location that=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | 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 T. rex was heavier ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t11:o1:1 # text = A T. rex was heavier 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 T. T. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 rex rex NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a T. rex | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, nothing has ever been heavier ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, nothing has ever been heavier 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 advmod _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 7 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | nothing | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | participle | nothing *not said here* | | | | ever | heavy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The blue whale is heavier, held up by water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t11:o3:1 # text = The blue whale is heavier, held up by water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the blue whale | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hold up** | participle | the blue whale *not said here* | | | | | by water | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 4 {#o4} An elephant is heavier ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t11:o4:1 # text = An elephant is heavier 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a elephant | | | | | heavy *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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