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How does it use the claw? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** raptor · **What happens:** chase, use · **To what, where:** lizard, claw This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A raptor with a big toe claw is chasing a lizard. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t9:1 # text = A raptor with a big toe claw is chasing a lizard. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 raptor raptor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 toe toe NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 claw claw NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 chasing chase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lizard lizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | present · progressive | a raptor with a big toe claw | a lizard | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* How does it use the claw? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t9:2 # text = How does it use the claw? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 claw claw NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present · do-support | raptor | the claw | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It does not use it at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t9:o1:1 # text = It does not use it at all 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **use** | present · do-support | It | it | | all | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Like a sword to slash from far away ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t9:o2:1 # text = Like a sword to slash from far away 1 Like like ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 slash slash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slash** | to-infinitive | | | | | | far *property* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} As a spoon to dig ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t9:o3:1 # text = As a spoon to dig 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 spoon spoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Like a hook to pin the lizard down ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor:t9:o4:1 # text = Like a hook to pin the lizard down 1 Like like ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pin pin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lizard lizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pin down** | to-infinitive | | the lizard | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Patient | **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. 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