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title: «giraffe's neck bones vs sauropod's, giraffe has loads more right?»… — The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: «giraffe's neck bones vs sauropod's, giraffe has loads more right?» What is right? Test 3 · ★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★ · The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argenti…

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«giraffe's neck bones vs sauropod's, giraffe has loads more right?» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** giraffe · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** loads

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «giraffe's neck bones vs sauropod's, giraffe has loads more right?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t3:1
# text = «giraffe's neck bones vs sauropod's, giraffe has loads more right?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	vs	versus	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	7	case	_	_
7	sauropod	sauropod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | giraffe | loads  more right |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t3:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
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 |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They both have exactly 7

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t3:o1:1
# text = They both have exactly 7
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | 7 |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 7=Patient |

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

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No, a giraffe has 7 and a sauropod had 12 to 19

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t3:o2:1
# text = No, a giraffe has 7 and a sauropod had 12 to 19
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sauropod	sauropod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	19	19	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a giraffe | 7 |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 7=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | a sauropod | 12 |  |  |  | to 19 | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 12=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sauropods had no neck bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t3:o3:1
# text = Sauropods had no neck bones
1	Sauropods	sauropod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Sauropods | no neck bones |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, a giraffe has about 50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, a giraffe has about 50
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a giraffe | 50 |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 50=Patient |

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