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title: «where did all the giant animals go» What is the best short answer? — Mammoths and the Ice Age giants: sabre… · tree and pragmatics
description: «where did all the giant animals go» What is the best short answer? Test 10 of lesson 272 «Mammoths and the Ice Age giants: sabre-tooths, ground sloths and woolly rhinos» 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 10 · Mammoths and the Ice Age giants: sabre-tooths, ground slot…

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«where did all the giant animals go» What is the best short answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** giant animals, best short answer · **What happens:** go, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 272 «Mammoths and the Ice Age giants: sabre-tooths, ground sloths and woolly rhinos» 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/272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants:t10:1
# text = «where did all the giant animals go» What is the best short answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	parataxis	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	15	amod	_	_
14	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | past · do-support | all giant animals |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the best short answer |  |  |  |  |  | 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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They are all still hiding in the deepest forests, waiting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants:t10:o1:1
# text = They are all still hiding in the deepest forests, waiting
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	deepest	deep	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present · progressive | They |  |  | the deepest forests | still | all *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They all left the land on a big ship long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants:t10:o2:1
# text = They all left the land on a big ship long ago
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | They | the land |  | a big ship |  | ago *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent land=Theme on ship=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They all turned into small animals overnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants:t10:o3:1
# text = They all turned into small animals overnight
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | They |  |  |  |  | into small animals *result*; overnight *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into animal=Result |

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

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Many vanished after people arrived, as the climate also changed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants:t10:o4:1
# text = Many vanished after people arrived, as the climate also changed
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	also	also	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past | Many |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **arrive** | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **change** | past | the climate |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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