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title: Identify the object which the dragon attempted to project into the l… — Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the object which the dragon attempted to project into the lunar body, as described in the passage. Exam question 1 of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th…

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Identify the object which the dragon attempted to project into the lunar body, as described in the passage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, dragon · **What happens:** identify, attempt, project, describe · **To what, where:** object, lunar body, passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» 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/1770-pg641-part21/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e1:1
# text = Identify the object which the dragon attempted to project into the lunar body, as described in the passage.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	attempted	attempt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	project	project	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	lunar	lunar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **attempt** | past | the dragon | the object |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **project** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the dragon *not said here* |  |  | the lunar body |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **describe** | participle |  |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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the great iron-bound club of the dragon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e1:o1:1
# text = the great iron-bound club of the dragon
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	bound	bound	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the iron-bound stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e1:o2:1
# text = the iron-bound stone
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the iron-bound club

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e1:o3:1
# text = the iron-bound club
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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the enormous iron-bound club his grandfather had carried

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e1:o4:1
# text = the enormous iron-bound club his grandfather had carried
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	enormous	enormous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive | the enormous bound club *not said here* | his grandfather |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=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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