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title: crap, the dinosaurs died from a meteorite? all of 'em? — Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars · tree and pragmatics
description: crap, the dinosaurs died from a meteorite? all of 'em? Test 11 of lesson 16 «Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars» of the space 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 11 · Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars

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crap, the dinosaurs died from a meteorite? all of 'em?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crap · **What happens:** die · **To what, where:** meteorite

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This is test 11 of lesson 16 «Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars» of the space 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/space/16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t11:1
# text = crap, the dinosaurs died from a meteorite? all of 'em?
1	crap	crap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | crap |  |  | a meteorite |  |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from meteorite=Causer |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, every dinosaur and every bird died at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, every dinosaur and every bird died at once
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | every dinosaur and every bird |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, and it happened 50,000 years ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, and it happened 50,000 years ago
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	50,000	50000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | it |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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An impact helped end the non-bird dinosaurs; birds are their living relatives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t11:o3:1
# text = An impact helped end the non-bird dinosaurs; birds are their living relatives
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	impact	impact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	non-bird	non-bird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | a impact |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **end** | infinitive | a impact *not said here* | the non-bird dinosaurs |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality dinosaur=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is a** | present | birds | birds's living relatives |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, dinosaurs never met any meteorite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t11:o4:1
# text = No, dinosaurs never met any meteorite
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **meet** | past | dinosaurs | any meteorite |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meteorite=Co-Agent |

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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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