--- title: What would we see if we found the same fossil plant in Africa and So… — How old is it? Rock layers, rock clock… · tree and pragmatics description: What would we see if we found the same fossil plant in Africa and South America? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 276 «How old is it? Rock layers, rock clocks, amber and the long story of life» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/276-how-old-is-it-rock-layers-rock-clocks-amber-and-the-long-story-of-life/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [How old is it? Rock layers, rock clock…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/276-how-old-is-it-rock-layers-rock-clocks-amber-and-the-long-story-of-life/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · How old is it? Rock layers, rock clocks, amber and the lon… What would we see if we found the same fossil plant in Africa and South America? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** see, find · **To what, where:** same fossil plant, Africa This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 276 «How old is it? Rock layers, rock clocks, amber and the long story of life» 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/276-how-old-is-it-rock-layers-rock-clocks-amber-and-the-long-story-of-life/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:276-how-old-is-it-rock-layers-rock-clocks-amber-and-the-long-story-of-life:t7:1 # text = What would we see if we found the same fossil plant in Africa and South America? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 America America PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | would | we | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | we | the same fossil plant | | Africa and South America | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Topic | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Proof that seeds swam across the ocean ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:276-how-old-is-it-rock-layers-rock-clocks-amber-and-the-long-story-of-life:t7:o1:1 # text = Proof that seeds swam across the ocean 1 Proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 obj _ _ 3 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 across across ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | past | seeds | Proof | | the ocean | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location that=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A sign that the continents were once joined ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:276-how-old-is-it-rock-layers-rock-clocks-amber-and-the-long-story-of-life:t7:o2:1 # text = A sign that the continents were once joined 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 continents continent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 8 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join** | past · passive | a sign *not said here* | the continents | | | | once *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Proof that Africa is older ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:276-how-old-is-it-rock-layers-rock-clocks-amber-and-the-long-story-of-life:t7:o3:1 # text = Proof that Africa is older 1 Proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Proof Africa | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} A sign that the fossils are fake ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:276-how-old-is-it-rock-layers-rock-clocks-amber-and-the-long-story-of-life:t7:o4:1 # text = A sign that the fossils are fake 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fossils fossil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 fake fake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the fossils | a sign *not said here* | | | | fake *property* | tree rules | **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. 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