--- title: An animal died on dry rocks and was eaten by others. Why is it unlik… — Dinosaurs and life long ago · tree and pragmatics description: An animal died on dry rocks and was eaten by others. Why is it unlikely to become a fossil? Test 9 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Dinosaurs and life long ago An animal died on dry rocks and was eaten by others. Why is it unlikely to become a fossil? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** animal, others · **What happens:** die, eat, be, become · **To what, where:** dry rocks, fossil This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An animal died on dry rocks and was eaten by others. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t9:1 # text = An animal died on dry rocks and was eaten by others. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | a animal | | | dry rocks | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **eat** | past · passive | others | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Why is it unlikely to become a fossil? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t9:2 # text = Why is it unlikely to become a fossil? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 4 unlikely unlikely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | unlikely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **become** | to-infinitive | | a fossil | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It was not buried quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t9:o1:1 # text = It was not buried quickly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bury** | past · passive | | It | | | | quickly *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Fossils only form in caves ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t9:o2:1 # text = Fossils only form in caves 1 Fossils fossil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 form form VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form** | present | Fossils | | | caves | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was too small to keep ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t9:o3:1 # text = It was too small to keep 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Its bones were already stone ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:78-dinosaurs-and-life-long-ago:t9:o4:1 # text = Its bones were already stone 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Its bones | stone | | | | | tree rules | **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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