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description: Determine the approximate interval during which the dinosaurs inhabited the Earth. Exam question 4 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 was w
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# Exam question 4 · Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they lived

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Determine the approximate interval during which the dinosaurs inhabited the Earth.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, dinosaurs · **What happens:** determine, inhabit · **To what, where:** approximate interval, Earth

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e4:1
# text = Determine the approximate interval during which the dinosaurs inhabited the Earth.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	inhabited	inhabit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate interval |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interval=Topic |
| 2 | **inhabit** | past | the dinosaurs | the Earth |  |  | during the approximate interval |  | 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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From approximately two thousand three hundred to six hundred and sixty years before the present

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e4:o1:1
# text = From approximately two thousand three hundred to six hundred and sixty years before the present
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	compound	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	compound	_	_
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	conj	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
13	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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From approximately two hundred and thirty to sixty-six million years before the present

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e4:o2:1
# text = From approximately two hundred and thirty to sixty-six million years before the present
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	_
11	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
13	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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From approximately two hundred and thirty thousand years ago to the present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e4:o3:1
# text = From approximately two hundred and thirty thousand years ago to the present
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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From approximately twenty-three to six million years before the present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:e4:o4:1
# text = From approximately twenty-three to six million years before the present
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
2	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	compound	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
8	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

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