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title: What would happen if scientists found a raptor arm bone with no quil… — Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if scientists found a raptor arm bone with no quill knobs? Test 4 · ★★ 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 each option; Mova'
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film m…

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What would happen if scientists found a raptor arm bone with no quill knobs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** scientists · **What happens:** happen, find · **To what, where:** raptor arm bone

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 268 «Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film mistakes» 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/268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t4:1
# text = What would happen if scientists found a raptor arm bone with no quill knobs?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	raptor	raptor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
13	quill	quill	NOUN	NN	_	14	compound	_	_
14	knobs	knob	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | scientists | a raptor arm bone |  |  |  | with no quill knobs | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It would not mean no feathers, since small feathers leave no knobs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t4:o1:1
# text = It would not mean no feathers, since small feathers leave no knobs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	knobs	knob	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mean** | would | It | no feathers |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** | present | small feathers | no knobs |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knob=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It would prove that raptors could fly, since knobs slow birds down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t4:o2:1
# text = It would prove that raptors could fly, since knobs slow birds down
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	raptors	raptor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	since	since	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	knobs	knob	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
11	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | would | It |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **fly** | could | raptors |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would prove at once that no raptor ever had any feathers at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t4:o3:1
# text = It would prove at once that no raptor ever had any feathers at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	raptor	raptor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | would | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | no raptor | any feathers |  | all | ever |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would prove that the bone had really come from a fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t4:o4:1
# text = It would prove that the bone had really come from a fish
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | would | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past · perfect | the bone |  |  |  |  | from a fish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from fish=Initial\_Location |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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