Test 10 · ★★ · Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and lizards, and why nothin…
A Draco lizard leaps from one tree trunk and lands on another 10 metres away. How?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Draco lizard · What happens: leap, land · To what, where: one tree trunk, 10 metres
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 146 «Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and lizards, and why nothing breathes fire» 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
Sentence 1: A Draco lizard leaps from one tree trunk and lands on another 10 metres away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 lizard | det |
| 2 | Draco | Draco | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lizard | compound |
| 3 | lizard | lizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leaps | nsubj |
| 4 | leaps | leap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 trunk | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 trunk | nummod |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trunk | compound |
| 8 | trunk | trunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leaps | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 lands | cc |
| 10 | lands | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 leaps | conj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 metres | case |
| 12 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 metres | det |
| 13 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 metres | nummod |
| 14 | metres | metre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 lands | obl |
| 15 | away | away | ADV | _ | 14 metres | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 leaps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leap | present | a Draco lizard | one tree trunk | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from trunk=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | land | present | a Draco lizard not said here | another 10 metres | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on metre=Destination |
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.
Sentence 2: How?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 How | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
It flaps feathered wings like a bird
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 flaps | nsubj |
| 2 | flaps | flap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | feathered | feathered | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wings | amod |
| 4 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 flaps | obj |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 bird | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bird | det |
| 7 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wings | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flap | present | It | feathered wings | like a bird | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It glides on skin flaps spread out on its long ribs
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 glides | nsubj |
| 2 | glides | glide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 6 spread | mark |
| 4 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flaps | compound |
| 5 | flaps | flap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 spread | nsubj |
| 6 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 glides | ccomp |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 spread | compound:prt |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 ribs | case |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 ribs | nmod:poss |
| 10 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 ribs | amod |
| 11 | ribs | rib | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 spread | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glide | present | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | spread out | present | skin flaps | its long ribs | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rib=Location |
Option 3
The wind blows it across like a leaf
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wind | det |
| 2 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blows | nsubj |
| 3 | blows | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 blows | obj |
| 5 | across | across | ADV | _ | 3 blows | advmod |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 leaf | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 leaf | det |
| 8 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | present | the wind | it | like a leaf; across property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4
It jumps with very strong back legs
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 jumps | nsubj |
| 2 | jumps | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 legs | case |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 strong | advmod |
| 5 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 legs | amod |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 legs | compound |
| 7 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 jumps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | present | It | with strong back legs | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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