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title: A museum guide says «Oviraptor stole eggs, look at its name!» What i… — Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws,… · tree and pragmatics
description: A museum guide says «Oviraptor stole eggs, look at its name!» What is better? Test 6 · ★★ 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 6 · ★★ · Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film m…

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A museum guide says «Oviraptor stole eggs, look at its name!» What is better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** museum guide, Oviraptor, guide · **What happens:** say, steal, look, name, be · **To what, where:** eggs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A museum guide says «Oviraptor stole eggs, look at its name!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t6:1
# text = A museum guide says «Oviraptor stole eggs, look at its name!»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Oviraptor	Oviraptor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a museum guide |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **steal** *in a quote* | past | Oviraptor | eggs |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location egg=Theme |
| 3 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | at guide's name | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at name=Theme |
| 4 | **name** *in a quote* |  | guide |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t6:2
# text = What is better?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It never went near any eggs, not even its own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t6:o1:1
# text = It never went near any eggs, not even its own
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | past | It | its own |  | any eggs |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near egg=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It stole only T. rex eggs, which were the biggest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t6:o2:1
# text = It stole only T. rex eggs, which were the biggest
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | It | T. rex eggs |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location egg=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | T. rex eggs |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, it stole other dinosaurs' eggs every single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, it stole other dinosaurs' eggs every single day
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | it | other dinosaurs's eggs |  |  | day |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location egg=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Later fossils show it was sitting on its own eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t6:o4:1
# text = Later fossils show it was sitting on its own eggs
1	Later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
2	fossils	fossil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | fossils |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sit** | past · progressive | it |  |  | its own eggs |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on egg=Location |

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