Test 10 · ★★ · The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs

«bloody huge bird, an ostrich, is that even a dinosaur» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bloody huge bird · What happens: be

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 76 «The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs» 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	_	4 bird	punct
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bird	amod
3	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bird	amod
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 right	nsubj:outer
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ostrich	punct
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ostrich	det
7	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bird	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bird	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 right	mark
11	even	even	ADV	_	13 dinosaur	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dinosaur	det
13	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 right	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 dinosaur	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	bloody huge bird and a ostrich					a dinosaur obl; 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

Yes, but only the eggs are dinosaurs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 dinosaurs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 dinosaurs	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 dinosaurs	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eggs	det
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dinosaurs	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dinosaurs	cop
8	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the eggs	dinosaurs					tree rules

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

Yes, like all birds it is a living dinosaur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 dinosaur	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 birds	punct
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 birds	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 birds	det
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dinosaur	nsubj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dinosaur	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dinosaur	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dinosaur	det
9	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dinosaur	amod
10	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	all birds	a living dinosaur					tree rules

Option 3

No, ostriches came from camels in the desert

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	ostriches	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 camels	case
6	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 came	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 desert	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 desert	det
9	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	ostriches			camels		in the desert	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from camel=Initial_Location

Option 4

No, only the small birds are dinosaurs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 dinosaurs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 birds	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 birds	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 birds	amod
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dinosaurs	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dinosaurs	cop
8	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the small birds	dinosaurs					tree rules

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