--- title: Two cliffs far apart both contain the same short-lived ammonite spec… — Fossils · tree and pragmatics description: Two cliffs far apart both contain the same short-lived ammonite species. What can geologists say? Test 5 · ★ 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Fossils Two cliffs far apart both contain the same short-lived ammonite species. What can geologists say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two cliffs, geologists · **What happens:** contain, live, say · **To what, where:** same lived ammonite species · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Two cliffs far apart both contain the same short-lived ammonite species. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t5:1 # text = Two cliffs far apart both contain the same short-lived ammonite species. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 4 apart apart ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 6 contain contain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 9 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 amod _ _ 12 ammonite ammonite NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 species species NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | present | Two cliffs | the same lived ammonite species | | | | apart, far *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot species=Theme | | 2 | **live** | participle | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 can geologists say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t5:2 # text = What can geologists say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 geologists geologist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | geologists | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The rocks are completely different ages, millions of years apart ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t5:o1:1 # text = The rocks are completely different ages, millions of years apart 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 completely completely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 apart apart ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the rocks | different ages and millions of years | | | | apart *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ammonites lived in both cliffs today ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t5:o2:1 # text = Ammonites lived in both cliffs today 1 Ammonites ammonite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | Ammonites | | | both cliffs | today | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cliff=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The rocks are probably about the same age ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t5:o3:1 # text = The rocks are probably about the same age 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 probably probably ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the rocks | | | | about the same age | probably *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The cliffs were once one giant ammonite ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t5:o4:1 # text = The cliffs were once one giant ammonite 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ammonite ammonite NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the cliffs | one giant ammonite | | | | | 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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