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title: In a cartoon the dinosaurs are all scaly and none has a feather. Wha… — Feathered dinosaurs: from Archaeoptery… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon the dinosaurs are all scaly and none has a feather. What would a new science book show? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 269 «Feathered dinosaurs: from Archaeopteryx to the chicken on your plate» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 2 · ★ · Feathered dinosaurs: from Archaeopteryx to the chicken on…

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In a cartoon the dinosaurs are all scaly and none has a feather. What would a new science book show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dinosaurs, none · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** cartoon, feather

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 269 «Feathered dinosaurs: from Archaeopteryx to the chicken on your plate» 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/269-feathered-dinosaurs-archaeopteryx-to-chicken/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon the dinosaurs are all scaly and none has a feather.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:269-feathered-dinosaurs-archaeopteryx-to-chicken:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon the dinosaurs are all scaly and none has a feather.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	scaly	scaly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
11	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 |  |  | a cartoon |  | all, scaly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | none | a feather |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |

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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 would a new science book show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:269-feathered-dinosaurs-archaeopteryx-to-chicken:t2:2
# text = What would a new science book show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Many dinosaurs with feathers or fluff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:269-feathered-dinosaurs-archaeopteryx-to-chicken:t2:o1:1
# text = Many dinosaurs with feathers or fluff
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fluff	fluff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dinosaurs made of rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:269-feathered-dinosaurs-archaeopteryx-to-chicken:t2:o2:1
# text = Dinosaurs made of rock
1	Dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | Dinosaurs *not said here* |  |  |  | of rock | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only scales, as in the cartoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:269-feathered-dinosaurs-archaeopteryx-to-chicken:t2:o3:1
# text = Only scales, as in the cartoon
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	scales	scale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dinosaurs with fur like cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:269-feathered-dinosaurs-archaeopteryx-to-chicken:t2:o4:1
# text = Dinosaurs with fur like cats
1	Dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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