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title: so what did the dragon and mom end up doing? — Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what did the dragon and mom end up doing? Test 12 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so what did the dragon and mom end up doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dragon · **What happens:** do, end up

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t12:1
# text = so what did the dragon and mom end up doing?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	5	det	_	_
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **end up** | present | the dragon and mom |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | gerund | the dragon and mom *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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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they hid the ducats in the trough and blamed Stan for the missing club

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t12:o1:1
# text = they hid the ducats in the trough and blamed Stan for the missing club
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trough	trough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	blamed	blame	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | they | the ducats |  | the trough |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ducat=Patient in trough=Location |
| 2 | **blame** | past | they *not said here* | Stan |  |  |  | for the missing club | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent stan=Theme for club=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they paid Stan the ducats to get rid of him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t12:o2:1
# text = they paid Stan the ducats to get rid of him
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | they |  | Stan |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent stan=Recipient ducat=Asset |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they sent Stan to the dragon's cave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t12:o3:1
# text = they sent Stan to the dragon's cave
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | they | Stan |  | the dragon's cave |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stan=Theme to cave=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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they chased Stan out of the house at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t12:o4:1
# text = they chased Stan out of the house at dawn
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | they | Stan |  | the house | dawn |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stan=Theme out house=Trajectory |

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