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title: Why is the fighting dinosaurs fossil so rare and special? — Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is the fighting dinosaurs fossil so rare and special? Test 7 · ★★ 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's choice was right.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film m…

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Why is the fighting dinosaurs fossil so rare and special?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dinosaurs fossil · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t7:1
# text = Why is the fighting dinosaurs fossil so rare and special?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
6	fossil	fossil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the dinosaurs fossil |  |  |  |  | rare *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the dinosaurs fossil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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It still has the dinosaurs' voices and smells inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t7:o1:1
# text = It still has the dinosaurs' voices and smells inside
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	smells	smell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | the dinosaurs's voices and smells |  |  | still | inside *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It catches one moment of behaviour, not just bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t7:o2:1
# text = It catches one moment of behaviour, not just bones
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | It | bones |  |  | moment |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is made of solid gold instead of stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t7:o3:1
# text = It is made of solid gold instead of stone
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | of solid gold; instead stone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It shows a living dinosaur that is still breathing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t7:o4:1
# text = It shows a living dinosaur that is still breathing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It |  | a living dinosaur |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Recipient |
| 2 | **breathe** | present · progressive | a living dinosaur |  |  |  | still |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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