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title: In a cartoon a dinosaur chews its leaves slowly like a cow. What did… — The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a dinosaur chews its leaves slowly like a cow. What did real sauropods do? Test 5 · ★ 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 questi
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# Test 5 · ★ · The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argenti…

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In a cartoon a dinosaur chews its leaves slowly like a cow. What did real sauropods do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dinosaur, real sauropods · **What happens:** chew, do · **To what, where:** leaves, cartoon

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a dinosaur chews its leaves slowly like a cow.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon a dinosaur chews its leaves slowly like a cow.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	chews	chew	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | present | a dinosaur | dinosaur's leaves |  | a cartoon |  | like a cow; slowly *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=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 did real sauropods do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t5:2
# text = What did real sauropods do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sauropods	sauropod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | real sauropods |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Ate only stones and never touched a single leaf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t5:o1:1
# text = Ate only stones and never touched a single leaf
1	Ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past |  | stones |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **touch** | past |  | a single leaf |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme leaf=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Licked the juice off the leaves and left the rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t5:o2:1
# text = Licked the juice off the leaves and left the rest
1	Licked	lick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lick** | past |  | the juice |  | the leaves |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent juice=Theme off leaf=Source |
| 2 | **leave** | past |  | the rest |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Swallowed leaves whole and let the gut break them down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t5:o3:1
# text = Swallowed leaves whole and let the gut break them down
1	Swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gut	gut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  | the gut |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **break down** | infinitive | the gut *not said here* | leaves *= leaf* |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chewed every leaf many times with big flat teeth, like a cow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t5:o4:1
# text = Chewed every leaf many times with big flat teeth, like a cow
1	Chewed	chew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | participle |  | every leaf |  |  | time | with big flat teeth and a cow | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient |

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