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title: Lucy's cartoon shows a caveman riding a T. rex. What is wrong? — Ancient times and famous stories · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucy's cartoon shows a caveman riding a T. rex. What is wrong? Test 7 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · Ancient times and famous stories

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Lucy's cartoon shows a caveman riding a T. rex. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, caveman, Lucy · **What happens:** show, ride, cartoon, be · **To what, where:** caveman, T. rex

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This is test 7 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» of the myths 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/myths/21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucy's cartoon shows a caveman riding a T. rex.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t7:1
# text = Lucy's cartoon shows a caveman riding a T. rex.
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	caveman	caveman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Lucy's cartoon | a caveman |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent caveman=Recipient |
| 2 | **ride** | gerund | a caveman *not said here* | a T. rex |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rex=Theme |
| 3 | **cartoon** |  | Lucy |  |  |  |  |  | nom cartoon «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t7:2
# text = What is wrong?
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	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cavemen rode the smaller dinosaurs, just never the big T. rex

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t7:o1:1
# text = Cavemen rode the smaller dinosaurs, just never the big T. rex
1	Cavemen	caveman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | Cavemen | the smaller dinosaurs |  |  |  | the big T. rex *obl* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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T. rex lived in caves with humans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t7:o2:1
# text = T. rex lived in caves with humans
1	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | T. rex |  |  | caves |  | with humans | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Dinosaurs died out about 66 million years before humans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t7:o3:1
# text = Dinosaurs died out about 66 million years before humans
1	Dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	66	66	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	2	obl	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die out** | past | Dinosaurs |  |  |  | before humans; year |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, cartoons are always correct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t7:o4:1
# text = Nothing, cartoons are always correct
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	correct	correct	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** | present | Nothing cartoons |  |  |  |  | always, correct *property* | tree rules |

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