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title: «Darwin just made it up one day, didn't he» What is right? — Evolution simply: why living things ch… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Darwin just made it up one day, didn't he» What is right? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 73 «Evolution simply: why living things change over many generations» 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Evolution simply: why living things change over many gener…

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«Darwin just made it up one day, didn't he» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Darwin · **What happens:** make up, do, be · **To what, where:** it

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 73 «Evolution simply: why living things change over many generations» 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/73-evolution-simply/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:t10:1
# text = «Darwin just made it up one day, didn't he» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Darwin	Darwin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	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	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** *in a quote* | past | Darwin | it |  |  | day |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | Darwin |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, he dreamt the whole idea on the Beagle one stormy night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, he dreamt the whole idea on the Beagle one stormy night
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dreamt	dreamt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Beagle	Beagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	flat	_	_
12	stormy	stormy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dreamt** | past | he | the whole idea |  | the Beagle | night |  | tree rules |

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

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He gathered evidence for over 20 years before publishing in 1859

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:t10:o2:1
# text = He gathered evidence for over 20 years before publishing in 1859
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	publishing	publish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1859	1859	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | He | evidence |  |  | year |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme |
| 2 | **publish** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | 1859 |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He made it up in 1950

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:t10:o3:1
# text = He made it up in 1950
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1950	1950	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | past | He | it |  | 1950 |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He copied it from Wallace's book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:73-evolution-simply:t10:o4:1
# text = He copied it from Wallace's book
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Wallace	Wallace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past | He | it |  | Wallace's book |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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