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title: What would happen if a sauropod had solid bones all through, with no… — The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a sauropod had solid bones all through, with no air pockets? Test 2 · ★ 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
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# Test 2 · ★ · The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argenti…

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What would happen if a sauropod had solid bones all through, with no air pockets?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sauropod · **What happens:** happen, have · **To what, where:** solid bones

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t2:1
# text = What would happen if a sauropod had solid bones all through, with no air pockets?
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	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sauropod	sauropod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	through	through	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
15	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | with no air pockets | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a sauropod | solid bones |  |  |  | through *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing would change, because air pockets weigh the same as bone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t2:o1:1
# text = Nothing would change, because air pockets weigh the same as bone
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	weigh	weigh	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **weigh** | present | air pockets | the same |  |  |  | as bone | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme same=Value |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would shrink down until it was smaller than a dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t2:o2:1
# text = It would shrink down until it was smaller than a dog
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	shrink	shrink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	advcl	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrink down** | would | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | than a dog; small *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It would be lighter and able to lift off the ground and fly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t2:o3:1
# text = It would be lighter and able to lift off the ground and fly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | It |  |  |  |  | light *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lift off** | to-infinitive |  | the ground and fly |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Its skeleton would be much heavier, perhaps too heavy to stand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t2:o4:1
# text = Its skeleton would be much heavier, perhaps too heavy to stand
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | Its skeleton |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Its skeleton *not said here* |  |  |  |  | perhaps *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stand** | to-infinitive | Its skeleton *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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