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title: The news says a frog thought extinct for 50 years was found in a for… — Extinct forever: the dodo, the passeng… · tree and pragmatics
description: The news says a frog thought extinct for 50 years was found in a forest. What is this called? Test 10 of lesson 281 «Extinct forever: the dodo, the passenger pigeon, the thylacine and more» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 10 · Extinct forever: the dodo, the passenger pigeon, the thyla…

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The news says a frog thought extinct for 50 years was found in a forest. What is this called?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** news · **What happens:** say, think, find, call · **To what, where:** frog, forest, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 281 «Extinct forever: the dodo, the passenger pigeon, the thylacine and more» 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/281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The news says a frog thought extinct for 50 years was found in a forest.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t10:1
# text = The news says a frog thought extinct for 50 years was found in a forest.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl	_	_
7	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the news |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | participle |  | a frog *not said here* |  |  | year | extinct *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **find** | past · passive |  | a frog |  | a forest |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is this called?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t10:2
# text = What is this called?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | this |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme what=Result |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A new continent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t10:o1:1
# text = A new continent
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	continent	continent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A cloned species

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t10:o2:1
# text = A cloned species
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cloned	clone	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	species	species	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clone** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A missing link

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t10:o3:1
# text = A missing link
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	link	link	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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A Lazarus species

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t10:o4:1
# text = A Lazarus species
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Lazarus	Lazarus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	species	species	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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