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title: In Ice Age a family of silly dodos fights over three melons. Why cou… — The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaur… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Ice Age a family of silly dodos fights over three melons. Why could real dodos not escape the people who came to Mauritius? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 300 «The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conservation and food» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conser…

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In Ice Age a family of silly dodos fights over three melons. Why could real dodos not escape the people who came to Mauritius?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** real dodos, people · **What happens:** not escape, come · **To what, where:** people, Mauritius

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 300 «The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conservation and food» 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/300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Ice Age a family of silly dodos fights over three melons.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t5:1
# text = In Ice Age a family of silly dodos fights over three melons.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Age	Age	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dodos	dodo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	fights	fight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	melons	melon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Why could real dodos not escape the people who came to Mauritius?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t5:2
# text = Why could real dodos not escape the people who came to Mauritius?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dodos	dodo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Mauritius	Mauritius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **escape** | could | real dodos | the people |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme people=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **come** | past | the people |  |  | Mauritius |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mauritius=Initial\_Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They were already gone 66 million years before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t5:o1:1
# text = They were already gone 66 million years before
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	already	already	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	66	66	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	before	before	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · passive |  | They |  |  | year | before *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They were too fast to be caught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t5:o2:1
# text = They were too fast to be caught
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive · passive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They could not fly and had no fear of people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t5:o3:1
# text = They could not fly and had no fear of people
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fly** | could | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | They *not said here* | no fear of people |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient |
| 3 | **fear** |  |  | people |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They lived only at the top of mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food:t5:o4:1
# text = They lived only at the top of mountains
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | They |  |  | the top of mountains |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at top=Location |

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