--- title: A lizard with spines stands still in wet sand and its back looks dam… — The Australian outback: red kangaroos,… · tree and pragmatics description: A lizard with spines stands still in wet sand and its back looks damp. What is it doing? Test 7 of lesson 165 «The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils and runaway camels and toads» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The Australian outback: red kangaroos,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads/) / t7 # Test 7 · The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils… A lizard with spines stands still in wet sand and its back looks damp. What is it doing? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lizard, back · **What happens:** stand, look, do · **To what, where:** wet sand This is test 7 of lesson 165 «The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils and runaway camels and toads» 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/165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A lizard with spines stands still in wet sand and its back looks damp. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t7:1 # text = A lizard with spines stands still in wet sand and its back looks damp. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lizard lizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 spines spine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 damp damp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | a lizard with spines | | | wet sand | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sand=Location | | 2 | **look** | present | lizard's back | | | | | damp *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is it doing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t7:2 # text = What is it doing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · progressive | back | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Sunbathing ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t7:o1:1 # text = Sunbathing 1 Sunbathing sunbathing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Laying eggs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t7:o2:1 # text = Laying eggs 1 Laying lay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | gerund | | eggs | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Washing itself ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t7:o3:1 # text = Washing itself 1 Washing wash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | gerund | | itself *= it* | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Drinking through grooves that pull water to its mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t7:o4:1 # text = Drinking through grooves that pull water to its mouth 1 Drinking drink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 through through ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 grooves groove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 pull pull VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | gerund | | | | grooves | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pull** | present | grooves | water | | water's mouth | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme to mouth=Destination | **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. 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