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title: «dragons in Shrek breathe fire so some real lizard probably does too… — Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and liz… · tree and pragmatics
description: «dragons in Shrek breathe fire so some real lizard probably does too, right?» What is right? 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and lizards, and why nothin…

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«dragons in Shrek breathe fire so some real lizard probably does too, right?» What is right?

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «dragons in Shrek breathe fire so some real lizard probably does too, right?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t2:1
# text = «dragons in Shrek breathe fire so some real lizard probably does too, right?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Shrek	Shrek	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	breathe	breathe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t2:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, the bearded dragon puffs out smoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, the bearded dragon puffs out smoke
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bearded	bearded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	puffs	puff	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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Yes, but only at night when it is cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only at night when it is cold
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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No real animal breathes fire; its own mouth would burn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t2:o3:1
# text = No real animal breathes fire; its own mouth would burn
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	breathes	breathe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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Yes, the Komodo dragon breathes small flames when it is hunting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, the Komodo dragon breathes small flames when it is hunting
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Komodo	Komodo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	breathes	breathe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | 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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