Test 7 · Not dinosaurs at all: pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs a…
«Dimetrodon's my fave dinosaur, the one with the sail» What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dimetrodon, sail · What happens: be · To what, where: fave dinosaur
This is test 7 of lesson 270 «Not dinosaurs at all: pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs and Mary Anning» 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 | _ | 6 dinosaur | punct |
| 2 | Dimetrodon | Dimetrodon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 dinosaur | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dinosaur | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 dinosaur | nmod:poss |
| 5 | fave | fave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dinosaur | compound |
| 6 | dinosaur | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dinosaur | appos |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 sail | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sail | det |
| 12 | sail | sail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 one | nmod |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 sail | punct |
| 14 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 true | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 true | cop |
| 16 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 sail | acl:relcl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 dinosaur | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Dimetrodon | my fave dinosaur | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the sail | true 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 · ✓ the right answer
It is not a dinosaur; it is closer to us than to dinosaurs
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 dinosaur | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dinosaur | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 dinosaur | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dinosaur | det |
| 5 | dinosaur | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 closer | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 closer | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 closer | cop |
| 9 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 dinosaur | amod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 us | case |
| 11 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 closer | obl |
| 12 | than | than | ADP | _ | 14 dinosaurs | case |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 dinosaurs | case |
| 14 | dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 closer | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | It | a dinosaur | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | dinosaur | us | than dinosaurs; close property | tree rules |
Option 2
It is the biggest dinosaur of all, bigger than any sauropod
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 dinosaur | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dinosaur | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dinosaur | det |
| 4 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 dinosaur | amod |
| 5 | dinosaur | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 dinosaur | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bigger | punct |
| 9 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 dinosaur | amod |
| 10 | than | than | ADP | _ | 12 sauropod | case |
| 11 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 sauropod | det |
| 12 | sauropod | sauropod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bigger | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the biggest dinosaur | of all | tree rules |
Option 3
It is a fish with a sail that lived in the deep sea
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 | 4 fish | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fish | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fish | det |
| 4 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 sail | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sail | det |
| 7 | sail | sail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fish | nmod |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 lived | nsubj |
| 9 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sail | acl:relcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 sea | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sea | det |
| 12 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 sea | amod |
| 13 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a fish | with a sail | tree rules | |||
| 2 | live | past | a sail | the deep sea | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location |
Option 4
It is a flying dinosaur that used its sail as a wing
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 dinosaur | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dinosaur | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dinosaur | det |
| 4 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 dinosaur | amod |
| 5 | dinosaur | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 used | nsubj |
| 7 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dinosaur | acl:relcl |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 sail | nmod:poss |
| 9 | sail | sail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 used | obj |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 wing | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 wing | det |
| 12 | wing | wing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | gerund | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | a flying dinosaur | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | use | past | a flying dinosaur | dinosaur's sail | as a wing | vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent sail=Duration as wing=Attribute |
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. Elamur Cosmic License.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning/t7/