--- title: Why was the biggest mass extinction worse than the one that ended th… — Deep time and the story of life · tree and pragmatics description: Why was the biggest mass extinction worse than the one that ended the dinosaurs? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 58 «Deep time and the story of life» 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/58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life/t10/) [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/) / [Deep time and the story of life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★★ · Deep time and the story of life Why was the biggest mass extinction worse than the one that ended the dinosaurs? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one · **What happens:** be, end · **To what, where:** dinosaurs This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 58 «Deep time and the story of life» 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/58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t10:1 # text = Why was the biggest mass extinction worse than the one that ended the dinosaurs? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 5 mass mass ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 extinction extinction NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | than the one; the biggest mass extinction *obl:unmarked*; bad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **end** | past | the one | the dinosaurs | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality dinosaur=Eventuality | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It was caused by a bigger asteroid that hit the Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t10:o1:1 # text = It was caused by a bigger asteroid that hit the Moon 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 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 asteroid asteroid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past · passive | a bigger asteroid | It | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient | | 2 | **hit** | past | a bigger asteroid | the Moon | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme moon=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It wiped out about 90% of sea species ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t10:o2:1 # text = It wiped out about 90% of sea species 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wiped wipe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 90 90 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 species species NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wipe out** | past | It | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent %=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} It happened only last century ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t10:o3:1 # text = It happened only last century 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | century | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It killed only plants ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t10:o4:1 # text = It killed only plants 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | It | plants | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Theme | **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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