--- title: A python has just eaten a deer and lies still for days. What is happ… — Big snakes: pythons, boas and anaconda… · tree and pragmatics description: A python has just eaten a deer and lies still for days. What is happening inside? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 321 «Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they really get» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/t10/) [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/) / [Big snakes: pythons, boas and anaconda…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they… A python has just eaten a deer and lies still for days. What is happening inside? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** eat, lie, happen · **To what, where:** python This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 321 «Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they really get» 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/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A python has just eaten a deer and lies still for days. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t10:1 # text = A python has just eaten a deer and lies still for days. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present · perfect · passive | | a python | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lie** | present | | | | | still; day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 happening inside? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t10:2 # text = What is happening inside? 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 aux _ _ 3 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 inside inside ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present · progressive | | | | | | inside *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It is getting ready to lay the deer like an egg ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t10:o1:1 # text = It is getting ready to lay the deer like an egg 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 deer deer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · progressive | It | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **lay** | to-infinitive | | the deer | | | | like a egg | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is slowly dying, because the meal was far too big for it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t10:o2:1 # text = It is slowly dying, because the meal was far too big for it 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present · progressive | It | | | | | slowly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | past | the meal | | | | | for it; big, far *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is shedding all its bones ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t10:o3:1 # text = It is shedding all its bones 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 shedding shed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shed** | present · progressive | It | its bones | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bone=Source | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Its heart and gut have grown bigger to digest the meal ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t10:o4:1 # text = Its heart and gut have grown bigger to digest the meal 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 gut gut NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 xcomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 digest digest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present · perfect | Its heart and gut | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **digest** | to-infinitive | Its heart and gut *not said here* | the meal | | | | | tree rules | **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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