--- title: Why could a giant Quetzalcoatlus catch prey on land? — Not dinosaurs at all: pterosaurs, ples… · tree and pragmatics description: Why could a giant Quetzalcoatlus catch prey on land? Test 11 of lesson 270 «Not dinosaurs at all: pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs and Mary Anning» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Not dinosaurs at all: pterosaurs, ples…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning/) / t11 # Test 11 · Not dinosaurs at all: pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs a… Why could a giant Quetzalcoatlus catch prey on land? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** giant Quetzalcoatlus · **What happens:** catch · **To what, where:** prey, land This is test 11 of lesson 270 «Not dinosaurs at all: pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs and Mary Anning» 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/270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning:t11:1 # text = Why could a giant Quetzalcoatlus catch prey on land? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Quetzalcoatlus Quetzalcoatlus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 catch catch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | could | a giant Quetzalcoatlus | prey | | land | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It swam underground through soft mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning:t11:o1:1 # text = It swam underground through soft mud 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 underground underground ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | past | It | | | soft mud | | underground *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through mud=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} It hid in caves and leapt out at prey ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning:t11:o2:1 # text = It hid in caves and leapt out at prey 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 leapt leapt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | It | | | caves | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cave=Location | | 2 | **leapt out** | infinitive | | | | prey | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It strode on all fours like a huge stork ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning:t11:o3:1 # text = It strode on all fours like a huge stork 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 strode stride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 fours four NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stride** | past | It | | | all fours | | like a huge stork | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on four=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} It dug long tunnels to trap its prey ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning:t11:o4:1 # text = It dug long tunnels to trap its prey 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dug dig VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 tunnels tunnel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 trap trap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | past | It | long tunnels | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tunnel=Theme | | 2 | **trap** | to-infinitive | | its prey | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=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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