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title: A Draco lizard leaps from one tree trunk and lands on another 10 met… — Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and liz… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Draco lizard leaps from one tree trunk and lands on another 10 metres away. How? 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and lizards, and why nothin…

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A Draco lizard leaps from one tree trunk and lands on another 10 metres away. How?

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Draco lizard leaps from one tree trunk and lands on another 10 metres away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t10:1
# text = A Draco lizard leaps from one tree trunk and lands on another 10 metres away.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Draco	Draco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	leaps	leap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
13	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* How?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t10:2
# text = How?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It flaps feathered wings like a bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t10:o1:1
# text = It flaps feathered wings like a bird
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flaps	flap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	feathered	feathered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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It glides on skin flaps spread out on its long ribs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t10:o2:1
# text = It glides on skin flaps spread out on its long ribs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	glides	glide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	flaps	flap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ribs	rib	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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The wind blows it across like a leaf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t10:o3:1
# text = The wind blows it across like a leaf
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	across	across	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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It jumps with very strong back legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t10:o4:1
# text = It jumps with very strong back legs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jumps	jump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**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.

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