--- title: In a game, the Jurassic comes after humans built cities. What is true? — Deep time and the story of life · tree and pragmatics description: In a game, the Jurassic comes after humans built cities. What is true? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 right. --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★★ · Deep time and the story of life In a game, the Jurassic comes after humans built cities. What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jurassic, humans · **What happens:** come, build, be · **To what, where:** game, cities This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a game, the Jurassic comes after humans built cities. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t12:1 # text = In a game, the Jurassic comes after humans built cities. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Jurassic Jurassic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 humans human NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | the Jurassic | | | a game | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in game=Location | | 2 | **build** | past | humans | cities | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Product | 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 is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t12:2 # text = What is true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true 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 | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The Jurassic is a future period that starts after the last humans have gone ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t12:o1:1 # text = The Jurassic is a future period that starts after the last humans have gone 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Jurassic Jurassic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 after after SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 humans human NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the Jurassic | a future period | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **start** | present | a future period | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **go** | present · perfect | the last humans | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Jurassic was 2,000 years ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t12:o2:1 # text = The Jurassic was 2,000 years ago 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Jurassic Jurassic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 2,000 2000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 ago ago ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the Jurassic | 2,000 years | | | | ago *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The Jurassic is the period we live in now ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t12:o3:1 # text = The Jurassic is the period we live in now 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Jurassic Jurassic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the Jurassic | the period | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | present | we | the period *not said here* | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme period=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Jurassic was about 200-145 million years ago, long before humans ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t12:o4:1 # text = The Jurassic was about 200-145 million years ago, long before humans 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Jurassic Jurassic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 200-145 200-145 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 compound _ _ 6 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 ago ago ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 humans human NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Jurassic | | | | before humans; year | ago *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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