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title: Why does every lump of coal remind us of Arthropleura? — Terror birds, moas, giant insects and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does every lump of coal remind us of Arthropleura? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Terror birds, moas, giant insects and other lost giants

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Why does every lump of coal remind us of Arthropleura?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, remind · **To what, where:** lump, us

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t9:1
# text = Why does every lump of coal remind us of Arthropleura?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	remind	remind	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Arthropleura	Arthropleura	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | every lump of coal |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lump=Eventuality |
| 2 | **remind** *speech: other* | present |  |  | us |  |  | of Arthropleura | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent we=Recipient of arthropleura=Topic |

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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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Coal is made of squashed millipedes like Arthropleura

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t9:o1:1
# text = Coal is made of squashed millipedes like Arthropleura
1	Coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	squashed	squash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	millipedes	millipede	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Arthropleura	Arthropleura	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Coal |  |  |  | of squashed millipedes like Arthropleura | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **squash** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Arthropleura ate coal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t9:o2:1
# text = Arthropleura ate coal
1	Arthropleura	Arthropleura	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | Arthropleura | coal |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coal=Patient |

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

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Coal comes from the ancient forests where it lived

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t9:o3:1
# text = Coal comes from the ancient forests where it lived
1	Coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Coal |  |  | the ancient forests |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from forest=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **live** | past | Coal |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Coal is its fossil dung

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants:t9:o4:1
# text = Coal is its fossil dung
1	Coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fossil	fossil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dung	dung	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** | present | Coal | Coal's fossil dung |  |  |  |  | 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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