--- title: Which creature did the Dragon King request the warrior destroy? — Japanese Fairy Tales, My Lord Bag of R… · tree and pragmatics description: Which creature did the Dragon King request the warrior destroy? Exam question 2 of lesson 1341 «Japanese Fairy Tales, My Lord Bag of Rice, part 1: a warrior walks over a sleeping dragon and meets the Dragon King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1341-pg4018-part1/e2/) [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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, My Lord Bag of R…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1341-pg4018-part1/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, My Lord Bag of Rice, part 1: a warri… Which creature did the Dragon King request the warrior destroy? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature, Dragon King, warrior · **What happens:** do, request, destroy This is exam question 2 of lesson 1341 «Japanese Fairy Tales, My Lord Bag of Rice, part 1: a warrior walks over a sleeping dragon and meets the Dragon King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/books/1341-pg4018-part1/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1341-pg4018-part1:e2:1 # text = Which creature did the Dragon King request the warrior destroy? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 request request VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which creature | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **request** | present | the Dragon King | | | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **destroy** | infinitive | the warrior | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the centipede inhabiting Mount Mikami ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1341-pg4018-part1:e2:o1:1 # text = the centipede inhabiting Mount Mikami 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 centipede centipede NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 inhabiting inhabit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 Mount Mount PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Mikami Mikami PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inhabit** | gerund | the centipede *not said here* | Mount Mikami | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} the wild boar haunting the western valley ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1341-pg4018-part1:e2:o2:1 # text = the wild boar haunting the western valley 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 haunting haunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 western western ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **haunt** | gerund | the wild boar *not said here* | the western valley | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus valley=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} the serpent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1341-pg4018-part1:e2:o3:1 # text = the serpent 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the centipede ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1341-pg4018-part1:e2:o4:1 # text = the centipede 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 centipede centipede NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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