--- title: A footprint of a dinosaur is found in stone. What kind of fossil is… — Rocks, minerals and fossils · tree and pragmatics description: A footprint of a dinosaur is found in stone. What kind of fossil is it? Test 8 of lesson 61 «Rocks, minerals and fossils» of the world 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/world/61-rocks-minerals-fossils/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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Rocks, minerals and fossils](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/61-rocks-minerals-fossils/) / t8 # Test 8 · Rocks, minerals and fossils A footprint of a dinosaur is found in stone. What kind of fossil is it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** footprint · **What happens:** find, be · **To what, where:** footprint, stone, kind This is test 8 of lesson 61 «Rocks, minerals and fossils» 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/61-rocks-minerals-fossils/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A footprint of a dinosaur is found in stone. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t8:1 # text = A footprint of a dinosaur is found in stone. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 footprint footprint NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present · passive | | a footprint of a dinosaur | | stone | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 kind of fossil is it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t8:2 # text = What kind of fossil is it? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | footprint | what kind | | | | of fossil | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A part of the animal's body turned to stone ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t8:o1:1 # text = A part of the animal's body turned to stone 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | a part of the animal's body | | | stone | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to stone=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} A drawing carved by early people ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t8:o2:1 # text = A drawing carved by early people 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 drawing drawing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carve** | participle | | a drawing *not said here* | | | | by early people | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A trace fossil left by the animal ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t8:o3:1 # text = A trace fossil left by the animal 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | participle | | a trace fossil *not said here* | | | | by the animal | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by animal=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} A crystal shaped like a foot by chance ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t8:o4:1 # text = A crystal shaped like a foot by chance 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crystal crystal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shape** | participle | | a crystal *not said here* | | | | like a foot; by chance | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | **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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