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title: Amir: "T. rex closer to us than to Stegosaurus? Skibidi nonsense!" (… — BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Amir: "T. rex closer to us than to Stegosaurus? Skibidi nonsense!" (He means rubbish.) Check with numbers. Test 6 · ★★★ 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 of the question and of each o
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines

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Amir: "T. rex closer to us than to Stegosaurus? Skibidi nonsense!" (He means rubbish.) Check with numbers.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rex, you · **What happens:** mean, check · **To what, where:** rubbish

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Amir: "T. rex closer to us than to Stegosaurus?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t6:1
# text = Amir: "T. rex closer to us than to Stegosaurus?
1	Amir	amir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Stegosaurus	Stegosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Skibidi nonsense!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t6:2
# text = Skibidi nonsense!"
1	Skibidi	Skibidi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* (He means rubbish.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t6:3
# text = (He means rubbish.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 4:* Check with numbers.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t6:4
# text = Check with numbers.
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with numbers | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They lived at the same time, so it is nonsense

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t6:o1:1
# text = They lived at the same time, so it is nonsense
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | They |  |  |  | time |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | nonsense |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
T. rex lived 150 million years ago, before Stegosaurus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t6:o2:1
# text = T. rex lived 150 million years ago, before Stegosaurus
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	150	150	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	_
5	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Stegosaurus	Stegosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | T. rex |  |  | Stegosaurus |  | ago *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before stegosaurus=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stegosaurus lived just 1,000 years before T. rex

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t6:o3:1
# text = Stegosaurus lived just 1,000 years before T. rex
1	Stegosaurus	Stegosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	1,000	1000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Stegosaurus |  |  | T. rex | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before rex=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About 83 million years from Stegosaurus to T. rex, about 66 million from T. rex to us

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t6:o4:1
# text = About 83 million years from Stegosaurus to T. rex, about 66 million from T. rex to us
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	83	83	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Stegosaurus	Stegosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	66	66	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	compound	_	_
13	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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