Test 8 · Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus,…

«dinosaurs were all massive, every single one» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dinosaurs, single one · What happens: be

This is test 8 of lesson 267 «Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus and the duck-bills» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 massive	punct
2	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 massive	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 massive	cop
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 massive	advmod
5	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 one	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 massive	appos
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
11	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 right	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 right	cop
13	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	acl:relcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 massive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	dinosaurs					all, massive property	tree rules
2	is	present	every single one					right property	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

No, they were all tiny, about the size of ants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 tiny	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tiny	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tiny	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tiny	cop
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 tiny	advmod
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 size	punct
8	about	about	ADV	_	10 size	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 size	det
10	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tiny	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 ants	case
12	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 size	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					all, tiny property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, many were small, some the size of a chicken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 small	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 small	punct
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 small	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 small	cop
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 size	punct
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 size	det
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 size	det
9	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 small	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 chicken	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 chicken	det
12	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 size	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	many					some size of a chicken obl; small property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, small dinosaurs never existed at all, anywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 existed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 existed	punct
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dinosaurs	amod
4	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 existed	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 existed	advmod
6	existed	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 existed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 anywhere	punct
10	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 existed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not exist	past	small dinosaurs			all		anywhere property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 4

Yes, even the very smallest was as big as a bus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 big	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	even	even	ADV	_	6 smallest	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 smallest	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 smallest	advmod
6	smallest	small	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 big	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 big	cop
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 big	advmod
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 bus	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bus	det
12	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 big	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the smallest					as a bus; big property	tree rules

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