--- title: A row of three-toed prints in old rock shows an animal walking. What… — Fossils · tree and pragmatics description: A row of three-toed prints in old rock shows an animal walking. What kind of fossil is it? Test 2 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/57-fossils/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Fossils A row of three-toed prints in old rock shows an animal walking. What kind of fossil is it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** row · **What happens:** show, be · **To what, where:** animal walking, kind This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A row of three-toed prints in old rock shows an animal walking. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t2:1 # text = A row of three-toed prints in old rock shows an animal walking. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 toed toed ADJ JJ _ 7 amod _ _ 7 prints print NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 walking walking NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | a row of toed prints in old rock | a animal walking | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent walking=Recipient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What kind of fossil is it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t2:2 # text = What kind of fossil is it? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | row | what kind | | | | of fossil | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} An amber fossil ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t2:o1:1 # text = An amber fossil 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 amber amber NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A frozen fossil ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t2:o2:1 # text = A frozen fossil 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 frozen frozen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A body fossil of bones ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t2:o3:1 # text = A body fossil of bones 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A trace fossil ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t2:o4:1 # text = A trace fossil 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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