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description: Identify the defensive structure situated at the terminus of the tail of Ankylosaurus. Exam question 3 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 option; Mova's choice w
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# Exam question 3 · Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they lived

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Identify the defensive structure situated at the terminus of the tail of Ankylosaurus.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, situate · **To what, where:** defensive structure, terminus

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e3:1
# text = Identify the defensive structure situated at the terminus of the tail of Ankylosaurus.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	defensive	defensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	structure	structure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	terminus	terminus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Ankylosaurus	Ankylosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the defensive structure |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent structure=Theme |
| 2 | **situate** | participle |  | the defensive structure *not said here* |  | the terminus of the tail of Ankylosaurus |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at terminus=Destination |

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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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Four elongated spikes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e3:o1:1
# text = Four elongated spikes
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	elongated	elongate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	spikes	spike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elongate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fan of long feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e3:o2:1
# text = A fan of long feathers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A heavy bony club

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e3:o3:1
# text = A heavy bony club
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	bony	bony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A tall sail of skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e3:o4:1
# text = A tall sail of skin
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sail	sail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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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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