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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the classification of the pterosaurs. Exam question 2 of lesson 75 «Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they lived» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 2 · Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they lived

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the classification of the pterosaurs.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, classify · **To what, where:** response, classification, pterosaurs

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 75 «Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they lived» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the classification of the pterosaurs.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	classification	classification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pterosaurs	pterosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the classification of the pterosaurs |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus classification=Experiencer |
| 4 | **classify** |  |  | the pterosaurs |  |  |  |  | nom classification «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The pterosaurs were the direct ancestors of all modern birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e2:o1:1
# text = The pterosaurs were the direct ancestors of all modern birds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pterosaurs	pterosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	direct	direct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the pterosaurs | the direct ancestors |  |  |  | of all modern birds | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The pterosaurs were flying mammals related to the bats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e2:o2:1
# text = The pterosaurs were flying mammals related to the bats
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pterosaurs	pterosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	mammals	mammal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the pterosaurs | flying mammals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The pterosaurs were feathered dinosaurs belonging to the theropod group

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e2:o3:1
# text = The pterosaurs were feathered dinosaurs belonging to the theropod group
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pterosaurs	pterosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	feathered	feathered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	theropod	theropod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	group	group	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 a** | past | the pterosaurs | feathered dinosaurs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **belong** | gerund | feathered dinosaurs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the theropod group | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The pterosaurs were flying reptiles distinct from the dinosaurs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e2:o4:1
# text = The pterosaurs were flying reptiles distinct from the dinosaurs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pterosaurs	pterosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the pterosaurs | flying reptiles |  |  |  | from the dinosaurs | tree rules |

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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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