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title: «komodo had babies with no dad?? fake news» What is right? — The reptile house: Komodo dragons, cha… · tree and pragmatics
description: «komodo had babies with no dad?? fake news» What is right? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 88 «The reptile house: Komodo dragons, chameleons, tortoises and crocodiles» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · The reptile house: Komodo dragons, chameleons, tortoises a…

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«komodo had babies with no dad?? fake news» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** komodo · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** babies · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 88 «The reptile house: Komodo dragons, chameleons, tortoises and crocodiles» 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/88-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:88-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles:t8:1
# text = «komodo had babies with no dad?? fake news» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	komodo	komodo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	csubj	_	_
4	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
9	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | komodo | babies |  |  |  | with no dad; fake news *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is true; some zoo females laid eggs that hatched with no male

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:88-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles:t8:o1:1
# text = It is true; some zoo females laid eggs that hatched with no male
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	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
6	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	females	female	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hatched	hatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lay** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **egg** |  | some zoo females |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **hatch** | past | laid eggs |  |  |  |  | with no male | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The father was hiding in the enclosure all along, behind the rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:88-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles:t8:o2:1
# text = The father was hiding in the enclosure all along, behind the rocks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	along	along	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · progressive | the father |  |  | the enclosure |  | behind the rocks; along *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in enclosure=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is fake; all reptiles need a father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:88-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles:t8:o3:1
# text = It is fake; all reptiles need a father
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	cop	_	_
3	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | all reptiles | a father |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot father=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The keepers swapped the eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:88-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles:t8:o4:1
# text = The keepers swapped the eggs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | past | the keepers | the eggs |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme |

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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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