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title: A giraffe and a sauropod both have long necks for high food, but the… — The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: A giraffe and a sauropod both have long necks for high food, but they are not related. What is this called? Test 9 · ★ 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 prag
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# Test 9 · ★ · The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argenti…

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A giraffe and a sauropod both have long necks for high food, but they are not related. What is this called?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** giraffe · **What happens:** have, not be, call · **To what, where:** long necks, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A giraffe and a sauropod both have long necks for high food, but they are not related.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t9:1
# text = A giraffe and a sauropod both have long necks for high food, but they are not related.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sauropod	sauropod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc:preconj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a giraffe and a sauropod | long necks |  |  |  | for high food | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | giraffe |  |  |  |  | related *property* | tree rules |

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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 this called?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t9:2
# text = What is this called?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | this |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme what=Result |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Convergence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t9:o1:1
# text = Convergence
1	Convergence	convergence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Extinction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t9:o2:1
# text = Extinction
1	Extinction	extinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hibernation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t9:o3:1
# text = Hibernation
1	Hibernation	hibernation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Migration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:t9:o4:1
# text = Migration
1	Migration	migration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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