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title: In a cartoon a lizard loses its tail and screams in agony with blood… — Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and liz… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a lizard loses its tail and screams in agony with blood everywhere. What is real? Test 3 · ★★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and lizards, and why nothin…

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In a cartoon a lizard loses its tail and screams in agony with blood everywhere. What is real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lizard · **What happens:** lose, scream, be · **To what, where:** tail, cartoon, agony

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a lizard loses its tail and screams in agony with blood everywhere.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t3:1
# text = In a cartoon a lizard loses its tail and screams in agony with blood everywhere.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	screams	scream	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	agony	agony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | a lizard | lizard's tail |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Eventuality |
| 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | a lizard *not said here* |  |  | agony |  | with blood; everywhere *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with blood=Theme |

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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 real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t3:2
# text = What is real?
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	real	real	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 |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The tail can never grow back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t3:o1:1
# text = The tail can never grow back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **grow back** | can | the tail |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The lizard picks the tail up later and sticks it back on with spit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t3:o2:1
# text = The lizard picks the tail up later and sticks it back on with spit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	picks	pick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sticks	stick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | present | the lizard | the tail |  |  |  | late *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Topic |
| 2 | **stick** | present | the lizard *not said here* | tail |  |  |  | with spit | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with spit=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Losing a tail always kills a lizard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t3:o3:1
# text = Losing a tail always kills a lizard
1	Losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund |  | a tail |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Eventuality |
| 2 | **kill** | present | Losing | a lizard |  |  |  | always *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The tail breaks at weak points and muscles close the vessels, so little blood is lost

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t3:o4:1
# text = The tail breaks at weak points and muscles close the vessels, so little blood is lost
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	close	close	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | the tail |  |  | weak points |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at point=Location |
| 2 | **close** | present | muscles | the vessels |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Patient |
| 3 | **lose** | present · passive |  | little blood |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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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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