--- title: Why are teeth found as fossils more often than other bones? — The big biology quiz, part 4: everythi… · tree and pragmatics description: Why are teeth found as fossils more often than other bones? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 400 «The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301 to 399» 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 was right --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The big biology quiz, part 4: everythi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301… Why are teeth found as fossils more often than other bones? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, find · **To what, where:** teeth This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 400 «The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301 to 399» 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/400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t8:1 # text = Why are teeth found as fossils more often than other bones? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fossils fossil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 8 often often ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | teeth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | participle | | teeth *not said here* | | | | as fossils | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent as fossil=Attribute | 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} Animals used to have far more teeth than they had bones ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t8:o1:1 # text = Animals used to have far more teeth than they had bones 1 Animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 2 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 than than SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | Animals *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | | more teeth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 3 | **have** | past | Animals | bones | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Teeth are very hard and last longer than other bones ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t8:o2:1 # text = Teeth are very hard and last longer than other bones 1 Teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Teeth | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **last** | infinitive | Teeth *not said here* | | | | | than other bones; long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Teeth float to the surface ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t8:o3:1 # text = Teeth float to the surface 1 Teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 float float VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | present | Teeth | | | the surface | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to surface=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Teeth were buried on purpose ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t8:o4:1 # text = Teeth were buried on purpose 1 Teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | past · passive | | Teeth | | purpose | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on purpose=Destination | **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. 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