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title: Why might parthenogenesis help a lone female Komodo that reaches an… — Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and liz… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might parthenogenesis help a lone female Komodo that reaches an empty island? Test 8 · ★★ 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 each 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and lizards, and why nothin…

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Why might parthenogenesis help a lone female Komodo that reaches an empty island?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parthenogenesis, lone female Komodo · **What happens:** help, reach · **To what, where:** lone female Komodo, empty island

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t8:1
# text = Why might parthenogenesis help a lone female Komodo that reaches an empty island?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	parthenogenesis	parthenogenesis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	lone	lone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Komodo	Komodo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | parthenogenesis |  | a lone female Komodo |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent komodo=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **reach** | present | a lone female Komodo | a empty island |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent island=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She could turn into a male later and find a female

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t8:o1:1
# text = She could turn into a male later and find a female
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | could | She |  |  | a male |  | late *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into male=Trajectory |
| 2 | **find** | infinitive | She *not said here* | a female |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent female=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She would never need to eat again, living off the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t8:o2:1
# text = She would never need to eat again, living off the sun
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | would | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **live off** | gerund | She *not said here* | the sun |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme sun=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She could start a new group without a male

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t8:o3:1
# text = She could start a new group without a male
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | could | She | a new group |  |  |  | without a male | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She could fly back to her old island to find a husband and lay eggs there

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards:t8:o4:1
# text = She could fly back to her old island to find a husband and lay eggs there
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly back** | could | She |  |  |  |  | to her old island *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to island=Result |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a husband |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Topic |
| 3 | **lay** | present | She *not said here* | eggs |  | there |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result |

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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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