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title: «the dodo was too dumb to survive, natural selection innit» What is… — Extinct forever: the dodo, the passeng… · tree and pragmatics
description: «the dodo was too dumb to survive, natural selection innit» What is right? Test 2 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 each option; Mova's
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# Test 2 · Extinct forever: the dodo, the passenger pigeon, the thyla…

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«the dodo was too dumb to survive, natural selection innit» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dodo · **What happens:** be, survive · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t2:1
# text = «the dodo was too dumb to survive, natural selection innit» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dodo	dodo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	csubj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	survive	survive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	selection	selection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the dodo |  |  |  |  | dumb *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **survive** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the dodo *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 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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No, it was killed by a meteorite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t2:o1:1
# text = No, it was killed by a meteorite
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · passive | a meteorite | it |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, it forgot to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, it forgot to eat
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, it was the dumbest bird ever, so nature got rid of it long before people came

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, it was the dumbest bird ever, so nature got rid of it long before people came
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dumbest	dumb	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
17	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the dumbest bird |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | nature |  |  |  |  | long, rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **come** | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, it was well fitted to an island without predators until people brought new ones

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t2:o4:1
# text = No, it was well fitted to an island without predators until people brought new ones
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	predators	predator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
15	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | to a island *goal*; without predators; well *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to island=Goal |
| 2 | **bring** | past | people | new ones |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent one=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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