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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relation in time between human beings and the non-bird dinosaurs? Exam question 3 of lesson 125 «BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 3 · BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relation in time between human beings and the non-bird dinosaurs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** relation

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 125 «BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/world/125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relation in time between human beings and the non-bird dinosaurs?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	between	between	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	non-bird	non-bird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the relation |  |  | time | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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The dinosaurs died out approximately 4,000 years ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e3:o1:1
# text = The dinosaurs died out approximately 4,000 years ago
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	4,000	4,000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Human beings appeared before the dinosaurs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e3:o2:1
# text = Human beings appeared before the dinosaurs
1	Human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past | Human beings |  |  |  | before the dinosaurs |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before dinosaur=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The two lived side by side for several thousand years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e3:o3:1
# text = The two lived side by side for several thousand years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	years	year	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 | the two | side |  |  | year | by side | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme side=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The dinosaurs died out some 66 million years before human beings appeared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e3:o4:1
# text = The dinosaurs died out some 66 million years before human beings appeared
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
6	66	66	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die out** | past | the dinosaurs |  |  |  | year |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **appear** | past | human beings |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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