--- title: What was the Dragon King's response upon the failure of the first tw… — Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the Dragon King's response upon the failure of the first two arrows? Exam question 2 of lesson 1342 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last arrow slays the monster» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1342-pg4018-part2/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, Hidesato and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1342-pg4018-part2/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last… What was the Dragon King's response upon the failure of the first two arrows? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** response, first two arrows · **What happens:** be, fail This is exam question 2 of lesson 1342 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last arrow slays the monster» 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/1342-pg4018-part2/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e2:1 # text = What was the Dragon King's response upon the failure of the first two arrows? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 failure failure NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the Dragon King's response upon the failure of the first two arrows | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fail** | | the first two arrows | | | | | | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He lost heart and began to tremble. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e2:o1:1 # text = He lost heart and began to tremble. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 tremble tremble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | He | heart | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality | | 2 | **begin** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **tremble** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He ordered his soldiers to attack at once. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e2:o2:1 # text = He ordered his soldiers to attack at once. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 attack attack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | He | his soldiers | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent soldier=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **attack** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | his soldiers *not said here* | | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He sent for more archers quickly. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e2:o3:1 # text = He sent for more archers quickly. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 archers archer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | He | | | | | for more archers; quickly *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He trembled. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e2:o4:1 # text = He trembled. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tremble** | past | He | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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