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title: «shut up, the ocean dinos like plesiosaurs were the biggest dinosaur… — Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they l… · tree and pragmatics
description: «shut up, the ocean dinos like plesiosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs» What is right? Test 11 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 11 · Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they lived

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«shut up, the ocean dinos like plesiosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, ocean dinos · **What happens:** shut up, be · **To what, where:** biggest dinosaurs

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t11:1
# text = «shut up, the ocean dinos like plesiosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dinos	dino	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	plesiosaurs	plesiosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the ocean dinos like plesiosaurs | the biggest dinosaurs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Plesiosaurs were sea reptiles, not dinosaurs; sauropods were the biggest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t11:o1:1
# text = Plesiosaurs were sea reptiles, not dinosaurs; sauropods were the biggest
1	Plesiosaurs	plesiosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sauropods	sauropod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Plesiosaurs | sea reptiles and dinosaurs and sauropods |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | Plesiosaurs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, plesiosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs, bigger than any on land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, plesiosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs, bigger than any on land
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	plesiosaurs	plesiosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | plesiosaurs | the biggest dinosaurs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, the biggest dinosaur was Velociraptor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t11:o3:1
# text = No, the biggest dinosaur was Velociraptor
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	Velociraptor	Velociraptor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the biggest dinosaur | Velociraptor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, all sea reptiles were dinosaurs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, all sea reptiles were dinosaurs
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | all sea reptiles | 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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