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title: «T. rex had tiny arms coz it was weak, lol» What is right? — Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they l… · tree and pragmatics
description: «T. rex had tiny arms coz it was weak, lol» What is right? Test 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 option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 2 · Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they lived

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«T. rex had tiny arms coz it was weak, lol» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** T. rex, rex · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** tiny arms · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t2:1
# text = «T. rex had tiny arms coz it was weak, lol» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | T. rex | tiny arms |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | rex |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | 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 {#o1}

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No, T. rex had long arms for climbing trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t2:o1:1
# text = No, T. rex had long arms for climbing trees
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | T. rex | long arms |  |  |  | for climbing trees | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 2 | **climb** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, T. rex was too weak to hunt anything and only ate dead animals

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, T. rex was too weak to hunt anything and only ate dead animals
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
10	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | T. rex |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | T. rex *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** | past | T. rex *not said here* | dead animals |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Its arms were short but strong; its huge jaws did the hunting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t2:o3:1
# text = Its arms were short but strong; its huge jaws did the hunting
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	jaws	jaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Its arms |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Its arms *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | past | its huge jaws | the hunting |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunting=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, T. rex arms could not even lift a pencil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, T. rex arms could not even lift a pencil
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lift** | could | rex arms | a pencil |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme |

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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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