--- title: A dinosaur game says all dinosaurs died out. What is the better answ… — Asteroids and the asteroid belt · tree and pragmatics description: A dinosaur game says all dinosaurs died out. What is the better answer? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/t8/) [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/) / [Space](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/) / [Asteroids and the asteroid belt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Asteroids and the asteroid belt A dinosaur game says all dinosaurs died out. What is the better answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dinosaur game, dinosaurs, better answer · **What happens:** say, die out, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A dinosaur game says all dinosaurs died out. ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t8:1 # text = A dinosaur game says all dinosaurs died out. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a dinosaur game | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **die out** | past | all dinosaurs | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 the better answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t8:2 # text = What is the better answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the better answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} All died, birds came from fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t8:o1:1 # text = All died, birds came from fish 1 All all ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | | | | | | all *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **come** | past | birds | | | | | from fish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from fish=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Crocodiles are the last dinosaurs ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t8:o2:1 # text = Crocodiles are the last dinosaurs 1 Crocodiles crocodile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Crocodiles | the last dinosaurs | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Some big dinosaurs still live in jungles ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t8:o3:1 # text = Some big dinosaurs still live in jungles 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 jungles jungle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | some big dinosaurs | | | jungles | still | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jungle=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Birds survived and are living dinosaurs ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t8:o4:1 # text = Birds survived and are living dinosaurs 1 Birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 survived survive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **survive** | past | Birds | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | Birds *not said here* | living dinosaurs | | | | | 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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