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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Terror birds, moas, giant insects and other lost giants

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«giant dragonflies, so the bugs today could get massive too if we wait?» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** giant dragonflies, we, best answer · **What happens:** get, wait, be

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «giant dragonflies, so the bugs today could get massive too if we wait?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t4:1
# text = «giant dragonflies, so the bugs today could get massive too if we wait?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dragonflies	dragonfly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bugs	bug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | could | giant dragonflies and the bugs |  |  |  | today | massive *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **wait** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 is the best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t4:2
# text = What is the best answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, every bug in your garden will soon be the size of a crow or bigger

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t4:o1:1
# text = Yes, every bug in your garden will soon be the size of a crow or bigger
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	bug	bug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
9	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | future | every bug in your garden | the size |  |  |  | of a crow; soon *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | every bug in your garden *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, giant dragonflies were only ever in a cartoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t4:o2:1
# text = No, giant dragonflies were only ever in a cartoon
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dragonflies	dragonfly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Not in today's air: big insects need more oxygen than there is now

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t4:o3:1
# text = Not in today's air: big insects need more oxygen than there is now
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	14	expl	_	_
14	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
15	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | big insects | more oxygen |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot oxygen=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present | big insects *not said here* |  |  | there | now |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, if you feed them more sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, if you feed them more sugar
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feed	feed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | you | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient sugar=Theme |

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