--- title: What would happen to a dinosaur egg as big as a car? — Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they l… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a dinosaur egg as big as a car? Test 5 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they l…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives/) / t5 # Test 5 · Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they lived What would happen to a dinosaur egg as big as a car? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t5:1 # text = What would happen to a dinosaur egg as big as a car? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 as as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a dinosaur egg | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} It would hatch a baby twice the size of any other dinosaur ever seen ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t5:o1:1 # text = It would hatch a baby twice the size of any other dinosaur ever seen 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hatch hatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 14 advmod _ _ 14 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hatch** | would | It | a baby | | | | twice *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | participle | | any other dinosaur *not said here* | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, big eggs are best ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t5:o2:1 # text = Nothing, big eggs are best 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would roll away and hatch on its own ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t5:o3:1 # text = It would roll away and hatch on its own 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 roll roll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 hatch hatch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll away** | would | It | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hatch** | present | | | | its own | | | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The shell would be too thick for the baby to break out ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t5:o4:1 # text = The shell would be too thick for the baby to break out 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | the shell | | | | | for the baby; thick *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **break out** | to-infinitive | the shell *not said here* | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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