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title: Which living reptile would you call a giant today? — Giant reptiles of the past: Titanoboa,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which living reptile would you call a giant today? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 383 «Giant reptiles of the past: Titanoboa, Sarcosuchus, Deinosuchus and giant tortoises» 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 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Giant reptiles of the past: Titanoboa, Sarcosuchus, Deinos…

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Which living reptile would you call a giant today?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** living reptile · **What happens:** call · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 383 «Giant reptiles of the past: Titanoboa, Sarcosuchus, Deinosuchus and giant tortoises» 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/383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises:t9:1
# text = Which living reptile would you call a giant today?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reptile	reptile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | would | living reptile |  |  |  | today |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient |

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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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A grass snake that is longer than your arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises:t9:o1:1
# text = A grass snake that is longer than your arm
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a grass snake |  |  |  |  | than your arm; long *property* | tree rules |

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

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A saltwater crocodile, up to about 6 metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises:t9:o2:1
# text = A saltwater crocodile, up to about 6 metres
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	saltwater	saltwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A pet tortoise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises:t9:o3:1
# text = A pet tortoise
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A garden lizard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises:t9:o4:1
# text = A garden lizard
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lizard	lizard	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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**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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