---
title: A mosquito in a golden stone looks almost alive with wings and legs.… — Fossils · tree and pragmatics
description: A mosquito in a golden stone looks almost alive with wings and legs. Why so perfect? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 57 «Fossils» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/57-fossils/t10/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Fossils](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/57-fossils/) / t10

# Test 10 · ★ · Fossils

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A mosquito in a golden stone looks almost alive with wings and legs. Why so perfect?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mosquito · **What happens:** look

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 57 «Fossils» of the geography 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/geography/57-fossils/#t10).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* A mosquito in a golden stone looks almost alive with wings and legs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t10:1
# text = A mosquito in a golden stone looks almost alive with wings and legs.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mosquito	mosquito	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | a mosquito in a golden stone |  |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Why so perfect?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t10:2
# text = Why so perfect?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a living mosquito sleeping inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t10:o1:1
# text = It is a living mosquito sleeping inside
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mosquito	mosquito	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a living mosquito |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund | a living mosquito *not said here* |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was painted on by a jeweller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t10:o2:1
# text = It was painted on by a jeweller
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jeweller	jeweller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint on** | past · passive | a jeweller | It |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Amber sealed it and kept its soft parts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t10:o3:1
# text = Amber sealed it and kept its soft parts
1	Amber	amber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sealed	seal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | past | Amber | it |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | past | Amber *not said here* | Amber's soft parts |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was frozen solid in Siberian ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t10:o4:1
# text = It was frozen solid in Siberian ice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Siberian	siberian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past · passive |  | It |  | Siberian ice |  | solid *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Fossils, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/57-fossils/t9/)
- next →: [Fossils, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/57-fossils/t11/)
- ↑ back to [Fossils](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/57-fossils/)