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title: Liam: "Cavemen fought dinosaurs, it was in a cartoon, so it's real."… — BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Liam: "Cavemen fought dinosaurs, it was in a cartoon, so it's real." His sister: "Nah, that's proper wrong." ("Proper" means very.) Who's right? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 pr
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines

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Liam: "Cavemen fought dinosaurs, it was in a cartoon, so it's real." His sister: "Nah, that's proper wrong." ("Proper" means very.) Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Liam, it, cartoon, that, Proper · **What happens:** fight, be, mean · **To what, where:** dinosaurs, cartoon

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This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 125 «BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines» of the world 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/world/125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Liam: "Cavemen fought dinosaurs, it was in a cartoon, so it's real."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t5:1
# text = Liam: "Cavemen fought dinosaurs, it was in a cartoon, so it's real."
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Cavemen	caveman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** *in a quote* | past | Liam | dinosaurs |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | it |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cartoon |  |  |  |  | real *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.

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*Sentence 2:* His sister: "Nah, that's proper wrong."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t5:2
# text = His sister: "Nah, that's proper wrong."
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | properly, wrong *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* ("Proper" means very.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t5:3
# text = ("Proper" means very.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Proper |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t5:4
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	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 |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Liam is: cavemen hunted T. rex for food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t5:o1:1
# text = Liam is: cavemen hunted T. rex for food
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	cavemen	caveman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | Liam |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hunt** | past | cavemen | T. rex |  |  |  | for food | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent rex=Location for food=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She is: dinosaurs died out about 66 million years before humans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t5:o2:1
# text = She is: dinosaurs died out about 66 million years before humans
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	66	66	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	compound	_	_
9	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die out** | past | dinosaurs |  |  |  | before humans; year |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Liam is, but only small dinosaurs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t5:o3:1
# text = Liam is, but only small dinosaurs
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Liam but small dinosaurs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She is, because dinosaurs never really existed and the bones are fake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t5:o4:1
# text = She is, because dinosaurs never really existed and the bones are fake
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	existed	exist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | exist *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the bones |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | tree rules |

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