Test 2 · ★★ · Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and lizards, and why nothin…
«dragons in Shrek breathe fire so some real lizard probably does too, right?» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dragons, real lizard · What happens: breathe, do, be · To what, where: fire
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: «dragons in Shrek breathe fire so some real lizard probably does too, right?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 breathe | punct |
| 2 | dragons | dragon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 breathe | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Shrek | case |
| 4 | Shrek | Shrek | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 dragons | nmod |
| 5 | breathe | breathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 breathe | obj |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 does | advmod |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 lizard | det |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 lizard | amod |
| 10 | lizard | lizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 does | nsubj |
| 11 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 12 does | advmod |
| 12 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 breathe | advcl |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 12 does | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 right | punct |
| 15 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 5 breathe | discourse |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 breathe | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 breathe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | breathe in a quote | present | dragons in Shrek | fire | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | present | some real lizard | probably property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: What is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, the bearded dragon puffs out smoke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 puffs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dragon | det |
| 4 | bearded | bearded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dragon | amod |
| 5 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 puffs | nsubj |
| 6 | puffs | puff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 puffs | compound:prt |
| 8 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 puffs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | puff out | present | the bearded dragon | smoke | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location smoke=Source |
Option 2
Yes, but only at night when it is cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 night | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 night | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 night | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 cold | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 cold | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 cold | cop |
| 10 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 night | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | cold property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No real animal breathes fire; its own mouth would burn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 animal | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 animal | amod |
| 3 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 breathes | nsubj |
| 4 | breathes | breathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 breathes | obj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 breathes | punct |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mouth | amod |
| 9 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 burn | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 burn | aux |
| 11 | burn | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 breathes | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | breathe | present | no real animal | fire | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | ||||
| 2 | burn | would | animal's own mouth | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, the Komodo dragon breathes small flames when it is hunting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 breathes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dragon | det |
| 4 | Komodo | Komodo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 dragon | compound |
| 5 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 breathes | nsubj |
| 6 | breathes | breathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 flames | amod |
| 8 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 breathes | obj |
| 9 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 12 hunting | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hunting | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 hunting | aux |
| 12 | hunting | hunt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 breathes | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | breathe | present | the Komodo dragon | small flames | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hunt | present · progressive | dragon | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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