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description: A giraffe and Paraceratherium both ate from treetops. Which statement is true? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 274 «Terror birds, moas, giant insects and other lost giants» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Terror birds, moas, giant insects and other lost giants

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A giraffe and Paraceratherium both ate from treetops. Which statement is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** giraffe, statement · **What happens:** eat, be · **To what, where:** treetops

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 274 «Terror birds, moas, giant insects and other lost giants» 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/274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A giraffe and Paraceratherium both ate from treetops.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t11:1
# text = A giraffe and Paraceratherium both ate from treetops.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Paraceratherium	Paraceratherium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	both	both	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	treetops	treetop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | a giraffe and Paraceratherium |  |  | treetops |  | both *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from treetop=Source |

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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:* Which statement is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t11:2
# text = Which statement is true?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which statement |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Paraceratherium was a hornless rhino as heavy as several elephants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t11:o1:1
# text = Paraceratherium was a hornless rhino as heavy as several elephants
1	Paraceratherium	Paraceratherium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hornless	hornless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rhino	rhino	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Paraceratherium |  |  |  |  | as several elephants; heavy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Paraceratherium was smaller than a goat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t11:o2:1
# text = Paraceratherium was smaller than a goat
1	Paraceratherium	Paraceratherium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Paraceratherium |  |  |  |  | than a goat; small *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Paraceratherium was a dinosaur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t11:o3:1
# text = Paraceratherium was a dinosaur
1	Paraceratherium	Paraceratherium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Paraceratherium | a dinosaur |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Paraceratherium was a kind of giraffe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t11:o4:1
# text = Paraceratherium was a kind of giraffe
1	Paraceratherium	Paraceratherium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Paraceratherium | a kind |  |  |  | of giraffe | tree rules |

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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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