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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Terror birds, moas, giant insects and other lost giants

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«why'd the moas go so fast, they were huge» What is the most likely reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** moas · **What happens:** go, be · **To what, where:** likely reason

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t6:1
# text = «why'd the moas go so fast, they were huge» What is the most likely reason?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	moas	moa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	18	advmod	_	_
18	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | would | the moas |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | moas *= moa* |  |  |  |  | huge *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the likely reason |  |  |  |  | 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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A huge volcano erupted and buried the whole of New Zealand under ash and lava

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t6:o1:1
# text = A huge volcano erupted and buried the whole of New Zealand under ash and lava
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	erupted	erupt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	buried	bury	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
11	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erupt** | past | a huge volcano |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bury** | past | a huge volcano *not said here* | the whole |  | ash and lava |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent whole=Theme under ash=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Haast's eagle ate every one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t6:o2:1
# text = The Haast's eagle ate every one
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Haast	Haast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the Haast's eagle | every one |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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People arrived and hunted them, and the moas had never met a land hunter like that

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t6:o3:1
# text = People arrived and hunted them, and the moas had never met a land hunter like that
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	moas	moa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | People |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hunt** | past | People *not said here* | People |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **meet** | past · perfect | the moas | a land hunter |  |  |  | like that | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunter=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They flew away to Australia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t6:o4:1
# text = They flew away to Australia
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly away** | past | They |  | Australia |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to australia=Result |

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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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