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title: Scientists find nests with babies of different sizes still in them.… — Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Trice… · tree and pragmatics
description: Scientists find nests with babies of different sizes still in them. What does that suggest? Test 7 of lesson 267 «Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus and the duck-bills» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 7 · Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus,…

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Scientists find nests with babies of different sizes still in them. What does that suggest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Scientists, that · **What happens:** find, suggest · **To what, where:** nests

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Scientists find nests with babies of different sizes still in them.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t7:1
# text = Scientists find nests with babies of different sizes still in them.
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sizes	size	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | Scientists | nests |  |  | still | with babies of different sizes; in sizes *= size* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Topic |

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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 does that suggest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t7:2
# text = What does that suggest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	suggest	suggest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The babies never grew at all after they hatched

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t7:o1:1
# text = The babies never grew at all after they hatched
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hatched	hatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **grow** | past | the babies |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hatch** | past | babies *= baby* |  |  |  |  |  | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient |

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

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The parents cared for the babies after hatching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t7:o2:1
# text = The parents cared for the babies after hatching
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cared	care	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hatching	hatch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | past | the parents |  |  |  |  | for the babies | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for baby=Theme |
| 2 | **hatch** | gerund | the parents *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The babies had been stolen from other dinosaurs' nests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t7:o3:1
# text = The babies had been stolen from other dinosaurs' nests
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive |  | the babies |  | other dinosaurs's nests |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from nest=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The nests were really made by small furry mammals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:t7:o4:1
# text = The nests were really made by small furry mammals
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	furry	furry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mammals	mammal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive | small furry mammals | the nests |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |

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