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title: Identify the approximate dimensions of Velociraptor as established b… — Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the approximate dimensions of Velociraptor as established by its fossil remains. Exam question 1 of lesson 268 «Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film mistakes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 1 · Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film m…

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Identify the approximate dimensions of Velociraptor as established by its fossil remains.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, establish · **To what, where:** approximate dimensions

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 268 «Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film mistakes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:e1:1
# text = Identify the approximate dimensions of Velociraptor as established by its fossil remains.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Velociraptor	velociraptor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	fossil	fossil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate dimensions of Velociraptor |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent dimension=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by Velociraptor's fossil remains | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 {#o1}

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Comparable to those of a mouse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:e1:o1:1
# text = Comparable to those of a mouse
1	Comparable	comparable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	1	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Comparable to those of an adult human

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:e1:o2:1
# text = Comparable to those of an adult human
1	Comparable	comparable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	1	obl	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Comparable to those of an elephant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:e1:o3:1
# text = Comparable to those of an elephant
1	Comparable	comparable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	1	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Comparable to those of a turkey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:e1:o4:1
# text = Comparable to those of a turkey
1	Comparable	comparable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	1	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	turkey	turkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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