--- title: A film shows cave people running from a Tyrannosaurus. What is wrong… — Dinosaurs and life long ago · tree and pragmatics description: A film shows cave people running from a Tyrannosaurus. What is wrong with it? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 78 «Dinosaurs and life long ago» 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/78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago/t1/) [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/) / [Dinosaurs and life long ago](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Dinosaurs and life long ago A film shows cave people running from a Tyrannosaurus. What is wrong with it? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** film, cave people · **What happens:** show, run, be · **To what, where:** cave people, Tyrannosaurus This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 78 «Dinosaurs and life long ago» 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/78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A film shows cave people running from a Tyrannosaurus. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t1:1 # text = A film shows cave people running from a Tyrannosaurus. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Tyrannosaurus Tyrannosaurus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | a film | | cave people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | | 2 | **run** | gerund | cave people *not said here* | | | a Tyrannosaurus | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tyrannosaurus=Trajectory | 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 wrong with it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t1:2 # text = What is wrong with it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | with Tyrannosaurus; wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Tyrannosaurus could not run ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t1:o1:1 # text = Tyrannosaurus could not run 1 Tyrannosaurus Tyrannosaurus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **run** | could | Tyrannosaurus | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Tyrannosaurus only ate plants ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t1:o2:1 # text = Tyrannosaurus only ate plants 1 Tyrannosaurus Tyrannosaurus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | Tyrannosaurus | plants | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cave people lived on the Earth long before the dinosaurs ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t1:o3:1 # text = Cave people lived on the Earth long before the dinosaurs 1 Cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | Cave people | | | the Earth | before the dinosaurs | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on earth=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Humans and dinosaurs never lived at the same time ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t1:o4:1 # text = Humans and dinosaurs never lived at the same time 1 Humans human NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **live** | past | Humans and dinosaurs | | | | time | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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