--- title: Scientists find a trail of big three-toed footprints in rock. What d… — Dinosaurs and life long ago · tree and pragmatics description: Scientists find a trail of big three-toed footprints in rock. What does it show? Test 5 · ★ 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Dinosaurs and life long ago Scientists find a trail of big three-toed footprints in rock. What does it show? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Scientists, trail · **What happens:** find, show · **To what, where:** trail This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Scientists find a trail of big three-toed footprints in rock. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t5:1 # text = Scientists find a trail of big three-toed footprints in rock. 1 Scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 toed toed ADJ JJ _ 10 amod _ _ 10 footprints footprint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present | Scientists | a trail of big toed footprints in rock | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=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 does it show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t5:2 # text = What does it show? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · do-support | trail | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A dinosaur once walked on soft mud there ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t5:o1:1 # text = A dinosaur once walked on soft mud there 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ 4 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | a dinosaur | | | soft mud; there | | once *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mud=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} A dinosaur's bones are buried just below ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t5:o2:1 # text = A dinosaur's bones are buried just below 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 below below ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | present · passive | | a dinosaur's bones | | | | below *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} A bird made them last year ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t5:o3:1 # text = A bird made them last year 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | a bird | them *= they* | | | year | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} The rock was cut by people ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t5:o4:1 # text = The rock was cut by people 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past · passive | people | the rock | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product | **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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