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title: «all dinosaurs were massive, end of» What is right? — Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they l… · tree and pragmatics
description: «all dinosaurs were massive, end of» What is right? Test 8 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.
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# Test 8 · Dinosaurs: kinds, sizes and how they lived

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«all dinosaurs were massive, end of» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dinosaurs · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t8:1
# text = «all dinosaurs were massive, end of» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | all dinosaurs |  |  |  |  | massive *property* | tree rules |
| 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Many were small, like the chicken-sized Compsognathus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t8:o1:1
# text = Many were small, like the chicken-sized Compsognathus
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	sized	size	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	Compsognathus	compsognathus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Many |  |  |  |  | like the sized Compsognathus; small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **size** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, the smallest dinosaur was about the size of an elephant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, the smallest dinosaur was about the size of an elephant
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	smallest	small	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the smallest dinosaur | the size |  |  |  | of a elephant; about *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, all dinosaurs were tiny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t8:o3:1
# text = No, all dinosaurs were tiny
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | all dinosaurs |  |  |  |  | tiny *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, every dinosaur was longer than a bus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:75-dinosaurs-kinds-sizes-and-lives:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, every dinosaur was longer than a bus
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | every dinosaur |  |  |  |  | than a bus; long *property* | 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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