--- title: Why is a nearly complete skeleton like Sue so rare? — Fossils: how we know about life long ago · tree and pragmatics description: Why is a nearly complete skeleton like Sue so rare? Test 11 of lesson 74 «Fossils: how we know about life long ago» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/74-fossils-life-long-ago/t11/) [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/) / [Fossils: how we know about life long ago](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/74-fossils-life-long-ago/) / t11 # Test 11 · Fossils: how we know about life long ago Why is a nearly complete skeleton like Sue so rare? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** complete skeleton · **What happens:** be This is test 11 of lesson 74 «Fossils: how we know about life long ago» 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/74-fossils-life-long-ago/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:74-fossils-life-long-ago:t11:1 # text = Why is a nearly complete skeleton like Sue so rare? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 skeleton skeleton NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Sue Sue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a complete skeleton like Sue | | | | | rare *property* | tree rules | 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} Museums throw away all the skeletons that are not complete ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:74-fossils-life-long-ago:t11:o1:1 # text = Museums throw away all the skeletons that are not complete 1 Museums museum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 throw throw VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 skeletons skeleton NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | present | Museums | all skeletons | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skeleton=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | all skeletons | | | | | complete *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dinosaurs usually had very few bones ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:74-fossils-life-long-ago:t11:o2:1 # text = Dinosaurs usually had very few bones 1 Dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 usually usually ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Dinosaurs | few bones | | | | usually *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Most T. rex were buried twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:74-fossils-life-long-ago:t11:o3:1 # text = Most T. rex were buried twice 1 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 2 T. T. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 rex rex NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | past · passive | | Most T. rex | | | | twice *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Most remains are scattered, eaten or rot before they are buried ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:74-fossils-life-long-ago:t11:o4:1 # text = Most remains are scattered, eaten or rot before they are buried 1 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 rot rot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scatter** | present · passive | | Most remains | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | participle | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rot** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **bury** | present · passive | | remains | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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