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# Test 2 · Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus,…

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«Triceratops and T. rex never met, T. rex came way later» Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Triceratops, T. rex, that · **What happens:** not meet, come, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 267 «Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus and the duck-bills» 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/267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t2:1
# text = «Triceratops and T. rex never met, T. rex came way later» Is that right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Triceratops	triceratops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
15	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **meet** *in a quote* | past | Triceratops and T. rex |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | past | T. rex |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | right *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.

## The options {#options}

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

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No, they lived at the same time and place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t2:o1:1
# text = No, they lived at the same time and place
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | they |  |  |  | time |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, T. rex came millions of years later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, T. rex came millions of years later
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | T. rex | millions of years |  |  |  | late *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location million=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, T. rex lived only in the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t2:o3:1
# text = No, T. rex lived only in the sea
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | T. rex |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, Triceratops lived much later, with people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, Triceratops lived much later, with people
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Triceratops	Triceratops	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Triceratops |  |  |  |  | with people; late *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with people=Location |

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