--- title: «my mate says crocs are just big lizards» What is right? — The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as… · tree and pragmatics description: «my mate says crocs are just big lizards» What is right? Test 6 · ★★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds/t6/) [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/) / [The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs «my mate says crocs are just big lizards» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, crocs, big lizards · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** big lizards · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t6:1 # text = «my mate says crocs are just big lizards» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 crocs croc NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 lizards lizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | crocs | big lizards | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | big lizards | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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} Yes, crocodiles are just giant lizards that live in water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t6:o1:1 # text = Yes, crocodiles are just giant lizards that live in water 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 crocodiles crocodile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lizards lizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | crocodiles | giant lizards | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | present | giant lizards | | | water | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, crocodiles are a kind of fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t6:o2:1 # text = No, crocodiles are a kind of fish 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 crocodiles crocodile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | crocodiles | a kind | | | | of fish | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Crocodiles are closer relatives of birds than of lizards ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t6:o3:1 # text = Crocodiles are closer relatives of birds than of lizards 1 Crocodiles crocodile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 relatives relative NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 lizards lizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Crocodiles | closer relatives | | | | of birds than lizards | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, crocodiles are mammals ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:t6:o4:1 # text = No, crocodiles are mammals 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 crocodiles crocodile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 mammals mammal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | crocodiles | mammals | | | | | tree rules | **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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