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title: State the anatomical composition of the wishbone, or furcula. — The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the anatomical composition of the wishbone, or furcula. Exam question 4 of lesson 76 «The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs» 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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# Exam question 4 · The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs

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State the anatomical composition of the wishbone, or furcula.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 76 «The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:e4:1
# text = State the anatomical composition of the wishbone, or furcula.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	anatomical	anatomical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wishbone	wishbone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	furcula	furcula	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A bone of the tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:e4:o1:1
# text = A bone of the tail
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A single additional rib

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:e4:o2:1
# text = A single additional rib
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rib	rib	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A portion of the skull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:e4:o3:1
# text = A portion of the skull
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Two collarbones fused together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:e4:o4:1
# text = Two collarbones fused together
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	collarbones	collarbone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	fused	fuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fuse** | participle |  | Two collarbones *not said here* |  |  |  | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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