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title: A Komodo dragon on an island with no wolves or big cats. Why did it… — Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and liz… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Komodo dragon on an island with no wolves or big cats. Why did it become the top hunter? Test 6 · ★★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and lizards, and why nothin…

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A Komodo dragon on an island with no wolves or big cats. Why did it become the top hunter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** island · **What happens:** become · **To what, where:** top hunter

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Komodo dragon on an island with no wolves or big cats.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t6:1
# text = A Komodo dragon on an island with no wolves or big cats.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Komodo	Komodo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Why did it become the top hunter?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t6:2
# text = Why did it become the top hunter?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past · do-support | island | the top hunter |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Its fire breath scared off all rivals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t6:o1:1
# text = Its fire breath scared off all rivals
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	scared	scare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	rivals	rival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare off** | participle · passive |  | Its fire breath |  |  |  | off all rivals | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer rival=Result |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No bigger meat-eaters lived there to compete with it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t6:o2:1
# text = No bigger meat-eaters lived there to compete with it
1	No	no	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
3	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	eaters	eater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	compete	compete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | bigger meat eaters |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **compete** | to-infinitive | bigger meat eaters *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with it | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with it=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It is the fastest animal on Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t6:o3:1
# text = It is the fastest animal on Earth
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the fastest animal |  | Earth |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It ate all the wolves long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t6:o4:1
# text = It ate all the wolves long ago
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | It | all wolves |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Patient |

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