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title: ugh my brother says "dinosaurs were all scaly lizards, birds are tot… — Fossils · tree and pragmatics
description: ugh my brother says "dinosaurs were all scaly lizards, birds are totally different". Fix it. Test 6 · ★ 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.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fossils

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ugh my brother says "dinosaurs were all scaly lizards, birds are totally different". Fix it.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, dinosaurs, scaly lizards, you · **What happens:** say, be, fix · **To what, where:** scaly lizards, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ugh my brother says "dinosaurs were all scaly lizards, birds are totally different".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t6:1
# text = ugh my brother says "dinosaurs were all scaly lizards, birds are totally different".
1	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	scaly	scaly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lizards	lizard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | dinosaurs | scaly lizards and birds |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | scaly lizards and birds |  |  |  |  | different, totally *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Fix it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t6:2
# text = Fix it.
1	Fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Dinosaurs were all bald

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t6:o1:1
# text = Dinosaurs were all bald
1	Dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Dinosaurs |  |  |  |  | all, bald *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Birds are a kind of lizard, not dinosaur, he's half right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t6:o2:1
# text = Birds are a kind of lizard, not dinosaur, he's half right
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	14	advmod	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Birds | a kind and dinosaur |  |  |  | of lizard | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | dinosaur |  |  |  |  | half, right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Many dinosaurs had feathers, and birds are living dinosaurs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t6:o3:1
# text = Many dinosaurs had feathers, and birds are living dinosaurs
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Many dinosaurs | feathers |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | birds | living dinosaurs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dinosaurs were all furry mammals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:57-fossils:t6:o4:1
# text = Dinosaurs were all furry mammals
1	Dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	furry	furry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mammals	mammal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Dinosaurs | furry mammals |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |

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**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.

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