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title: In a cartoon, the asteroid lands and every dinosaur on Earth burns i… — The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, the asteroid lands and every dinosaur on Earth burns in one second. What is closer to the truth? Test 2 · ★★ 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 an
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# Test 2 · ★★ · The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs

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In a cartoon, the asteroid lands and every dinosaur on Earth burns in one second. What is closer to the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** asteroid, dinosaur · **What happens:** land, burn, be · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 76 «The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs» 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/76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the asteroid lands and every dinosaur on Earth burns in one second.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon, the asteroid lands and every dinosaur on Earth burns in one second.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | the asteroid |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Destination |
| 2 | **burn** | present | every dinosaur on Earth |  |  |  | second |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is closer to the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t2:2
# text = What is closer to the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the truth; close *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The dinosaurs all drowned in the flood it made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t2:o1:1
# text = The dinosaurs all drowned in the flood it made
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past | the dinosaurs |  |  | the flood |  | all *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | past | flood | the flood *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material flood=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Every single dinosaur on the planet really did die within one second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t2:o2:1
# text = Every single dinosaur on the planet really did die within one second
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past · do-support | every single dinosaur on the planet |  |  |  | second |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Most died in the cold, dark years after, when plants stopped growing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t2:o3:1
# text = Most died in the cold, dark years after, when plants stopped growing
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	nsubj	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	after	after	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | Most |  |  |  | year |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **stop** | past | plants |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **grow** | gerund | plants *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only the dinosaurs in Mexico died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t2:o4:1
# text = Only the dinosaurs in Mexico died
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | the dinosaurs in Mexico |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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