Test 11 · Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know, from teeth and dun…

What would happen if a grown T. rex walked into your school yard?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grown T. rex · What happens: happen, grow, walk

This is test 11 of lesson 265 «Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know, from teeth and dung to tiny arms» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 walked	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rex	det
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 rex	amod
7	T.	T.	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 rex	compound
8	rex	rex	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walked	nsubj
9	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
10	into	into	ADP	_	13 yard	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 yard	nmod:poss
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 yard	compound
13	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walked	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	walk a condition, not said to happen	past	a grown T. rex	into your school yard result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into yard=Result

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.

The options

Option 1

It would fit under a table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fit	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fit	aux
3	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 table	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 table	det
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	would	It			a table			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent under table=Trajectory

Option 2

It would be no taller than a pony

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 taller	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 taller	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 taller	cop
4	no	no	ADV	_	5 taller	advmod
5	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 pony	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pony	det
8	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taller	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	would	It					than a pony; tall property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its hips would be as high as a double-decker bus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hips	nmod:poss
2	hips	hip	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 high	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 high	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 high	cop
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 high	advmod
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	as	as	ADP	_	12 bus	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bus	det
9	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 decker	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 double	punct
11	decker	decker	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bus	compound
12	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 high	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	Its hips					as a decker bus; high property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It would be much taller than a skyscraper in a big city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 taller	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 taller	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 taller	cop
4	much	much	ADV	_	5 taller	advmod
5	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 skyscraper	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 skyscraper	det
8	skyscraper	skyscraper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taller	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 city	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 city	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 city	amod
12	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taller	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	It			a big city		than a skyscraper; tall property	tree rules

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