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description: «species die out all the time anyway so who cares» What is the best answer? Test 7 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'
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# Test 7 · Extinct forever: the dodo, the passenger pigeon, the thyla…

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«species die out all the time anyway so who cares» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** species, best answer · **What happens:** die out, care, be

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t7:1
# text = «species die out all the time anyway so who cares» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obl	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	amod	_	_
17	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die out** *in a quote* | present | species |  |  |  | time | anyway *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **care** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No species ever died out before people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t7:o1:1
# text = No species ever died out before people
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die out** | past | no species |  |  |  | before people; ever |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Extinction is natural, but today it is much faster than normal because of people

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t7:o2:1
# text = Extinction is natural, but today it is much faster than normal because of people
1	Extinction	extinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
6	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	much	much	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
13	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Extinction |  |  |  |  | natural *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Extinction |  |  |  | today | because people; fast, normal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only big animals can go extinct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t7:o3:1
# text = Only big animals can go extinct
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | can | big animals |  |  |  |  | extinct *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right, extinction never matters at all, because new animals always take their place

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more:t7:o4:1
# text = Right, extinction never matters at all, because new animals always take their place
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	extinction	extinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
13	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present | extinction |  |  | all |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **take** | present | new animals | animals's place |  |  |  | always *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=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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