Test 4 · ★★ · The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived

«so we'd not be here without that asteroid, that's mad» Is there truth in it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, that · What happens: not be, be

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 271 «The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived» 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	_	7 here	punct
2	so	so	ADV	_	7 here	advmod
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 here	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 here	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 here	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 here	cop
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 Is	nsubj
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 asteroid	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 asteroid	det
10	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mad	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 asteroid	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 mad	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 mad	cop
14	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 here	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 mad	punct
16	Is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	16 Is	expl
18	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Is	nsubj
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 it	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 truth	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 Is	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	would	we		here property	tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	that		without that asteroid; mad property	tree rules
3	be	present		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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, people were already living alongside T. rex and they just carried on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 living	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 living	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 living	aux
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 living	advmod
6	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	alongside	alongside	ADP	_	9 rex	case
8	T.	T.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 rex	compound
9	rex	rex	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 living	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 carried	cc
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 carried	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 carried	advmod
13	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 living	conj
14	on	on	ADV	_	13 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past · progressive	people			T. rex			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme alongside rex=Location
2	carry on	past	people						vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No, humans came straight from dinosaurs, so we'd be here anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 dinosaurs	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 dinosaurs	case
7	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 came	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 here	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 here	advmod
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 here	nsubj
11	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 here	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 here	cop
13	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 came	parataxis
14	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	13 here	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	humans					from dinosaurs	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from dinosaur=Initial_Location
2	is	would	we					anyway, here property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, mammals spread after the big dinosaurs were gone, our ancestors among them

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 spread	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	mammals	mammal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spread	nsubj
4	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 gone	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dinosaurs	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dinosaurs	amod
8	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 gone	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 gone	cop
10	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spread	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ancestors	punct
12	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 ancestors	nmod:poss
13	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 gone	obl
14	among	among	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past	mammals					among dinosaurs = dinosaur	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among they=Location
2	is	past	the big dinosaurs					our ancestors obl; gone property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, the asteroid carried the first people to Earth from space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 carried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 asteroid	det
4	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	nsubj
5	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 people	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 people	amod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carried	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Earth	case
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 space	case
12	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the asteroid	the first people	Earth	space			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme to earth=Destination from space=Initial_Location

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