--- title: A film shows a scientist cutting a fossil open and finding fresh din… — Fossils · tree and pragmatics description: A film shows a scientist cutting a fossil open and finding fresh dinosaur blood. What's wrong? Test 4 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/57-fossils/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Fossils A film shows a scientist cutting a fossil open and finding fresh dinosaur blood. What's wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** film, scientist · **What happens:** show, cut, find, be · **To what, where:** scientist, fossil, fresh dinosaur blood This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A film shows a scientist cutting a fossil open and finding fresh dinosaur blood. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t4:1 # text = A film shows a scientist cutting a fossil open and finding fresh dinosaur blood. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 scientist scientist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 cutting cut VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 conj _ _ 12 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | a film | a scientist | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent scientist=Recipient | | 2 | **cut** | gerund | a scientist *not said here* | a fossil | | | | open *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fossil=Product | | 3 | **find** | gerund | a scientist *not said here* | fresh dinosaur blood | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Topic | 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's wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t4:2 # text = What's wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Dinosaur blood was solid gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t4:o1:1 # text = Dinosaur blood was solid gold 1 Dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Dinosaur blood | solid gold | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dinosaurs had no blood ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t4:o2:1 # text = Dinosaurs had no blood 1 Dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Dinosaurs | no blood | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Fossils are hollow inside ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t4:o3:1 # text = Fossils are hollow inside 1 Fossils fossil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 inside inside ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Fossils | | | | | hollow, inside *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Fossils are usually stone; fresh blood does not last millions of years ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t4:o4:1 # text = Fossils are usually stone; fresh blood does not last millions of years 1 Fossils fossil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 usually usually ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Fossils | stone and fresh blood and last millions of years | | | | usually *property* | 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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