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title: What would the world probably be like if the asteroid had missed? — The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would the world probably be like if the asteroid had missed? Test 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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# Test 4 · ★★ · The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs

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What would the world probably be like if the asteroid had missed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** world · **What happens:** miss · **To what, where:** asteroid

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t4:1
# text = What would the world probably be like if the asteroid had missed?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
7	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	missed	miss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | infinitive · perfect · passive | the world *not said here* | the asteroid |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Exactly the same as today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t4:o1:1
# text = Exactly the same as today
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Big dinosaurs might still rule and mammals might have stayed small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t4:o2:1
# text = Big dinosaurs might still rule and mammals might have stayed small
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	mammals	mammal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux	_	_
10	stayed	stay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | might | Big dinosaurs |  |  |  | still |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | might · perfect | mammals |  |  |  |  | small *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Humans would have appeared 60 million years earlier and tamed the dinosaurs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t4:o3:1
# text = Humans would have appeared 60 million years earlier and tamed the dinosaurs
1	Humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	appeared	appear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	tamed	tame	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | would · perfect | Humans |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tame** | past | Humans *not said here* | the dinosaurs |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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There would be no birds or any reptiles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t4:o4:1
# text = There would be no birds or any reptiles
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | would | no birds or any reptiles |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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