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title: «dinosaurs had live babies like us» What is right? — Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they l… · tree and pragmatics
description: «dinosaurs had live babies like us» What is right? Test 10 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 right.
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# Test 10 · Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they lived

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«dinosaurs had live babies like us» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dinosaurs · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** live babies · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 75 «Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they lived» 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/75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t10:1
# text = «dinosaurs had live babies like us» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	csubj	_	_
4	live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
9	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | dinosaurs | live babies |  |  |  | like us | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |
| 2 | **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 {#o1}

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Yes, dinosaurs had no eggs at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, dinosaurs had no eggs at all
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | dinosaurs | no eggs |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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All dinosaurs hatched from eggs; fossil nests are found worldwide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t10:o2:1
# text = All dinosaurs hatched from eggs; fossil nests are found worldwide
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hatched	hatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	fossil	fossil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
11	worldwide	worldwide	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hatch** | past | all dinosaurs |  |  |  |  | from eggs | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent from egg=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | present · passive |  | fossil nests |  |  |  | worldwide *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, only the very biggest ones laid eggs, the rest had live babies

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, only the very biggest ones laid eggs, the rest had live babies
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **egg** |  | the biggest ones |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | past | laid eggs | live babies |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they grew from seeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t10:o4:1
# text = No, they grew from seeds
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | they |  |  |  |  | from seeds | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from seed=Patient |

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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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