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title: «Neanderthals died out, so nobody's got their DNA, duh» What is right? — DNA simply: the recipe in every cell · tree and pragmatics
description: «Neanderthals died out, so nobody's got their DNA, duh» What is right? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · DNA simply: the recipe in every cell

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«Neanderthals died out, so nobody's got their DNA, duh» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Neanderthals, nobody · **What happens:** die out, get, be · **To what, where:** DNA

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» 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/277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t10:1
# text = «Neanderthals died out, so nobody's got their DNA, duh» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Neanderthals	neanderthal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	duh	duh	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die out** *in a quote* | past | Neanderthals |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | nobody | Neanderthals's DNA |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dna=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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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Nobody has any, they were not related to us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t10:o1:1
# text = Nobody has any, they were not related to us
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Nobody | any |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | they |  | us |  |  | related *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Everyone today is half Neanderthal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t10:o2:1
# text = Everyone today is half Neanderthal
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
2	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod:unmarked	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	half	half	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	amod	_	_
5	Neanderthal	Neanderthal	PROPN	NNP	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 | Everyone | half Neanderthal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only Neanderthal fossils carry it, buried in caves in Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t10:o3:1
# text = Only Neanderthal fossils carry it, buried in caves in Europe
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Neanderthal	neanderthal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fossils	fossil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | Neanderthal fossils | it |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **bury** | participle | Neanderthal fossils *not said here* |  |  | caves |  | in Europe | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cave=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Many people today carry a small part of Neanderthal DNA

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t10:o4:1
# text = Many people today carry a small part of Neanderthal DNA
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	Neanderthal	Neanderthal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | Many people | a small part of Neanderthal DNA |  |  | today |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |

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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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