Test 7 · ★★ · Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film m…

Why is the fighting dinosaurs fossil so rare and special?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dinosaurs fossil · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 268 «Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film mistakes» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 rare	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 rare	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fossil	det
4	fighting	fighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dinosaurs	compound
5	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fossil	compound
6	fossil	fossil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rare	nsubj
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 rare	advmod
8	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 special	cc
10	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rare	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 rare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the dinosaurs fossil					rare property	tree rules
2	be		the dinosaurs fossil not said here						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

It still has the dinosaurs' voices and smells inside

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 has	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 has	advmod
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dinosaurs	det
5	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 voices	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 dinosaurs	case
7	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 smells	cc
9	smells	smell	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 voices	conj
10	inside	inside	ADV	_	3 has	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	the dinosaurs's voices and smells			still	inside property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It catches one moment of behaviour, not just bones

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	2 catches	nsubj
2	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 moment	nummod
4	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 catches	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 behaviour	case
6	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moment	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bones	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 bones	advmod
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 bones	advmod
10	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 catches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	It	bones			moment		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is made of solid gold instead of stone

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 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 gold	case
5	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gold	amod
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	9 stone	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 instead	fixed
9	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		It				of solid gold; instead stone	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

It shows a living dinosaur that is still breathing

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	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dinosaur	det
4	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dinosaur	compound
5	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 breathing	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 breathing	aux
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 breathing	advmod
9	breathing	breathe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 dinosaur	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It		a living dinosaur				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Recipient
2	breathe	present · progressive	a living dinosaur				still		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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