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title: Which of the following accurately describes the dragon encountered b… — pg641, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 29:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately describes the dragon encountered by Florea? Exam question 3 of lesson 1778 «pg641, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 29: Florea meets a three-headed dragon at the bridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 3 · pg641, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 29: Florea meets a thre…

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Which of the following accurately describes the dragon encountered by Florea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, describe, encounter · **To what, where:** dragon

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1778 «pg641, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 29: Florea meets a three-headed dragon at the bridge» 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/1778-pg641-part29/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1778-pg641-part29:e3:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the dragon encountered by Florea?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Florea	Florea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the dragon |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme |
| 3 | **encounter** | participle |  | the dragon *not said here* |  |  |  | by Florea | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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It had one head and three open mouths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1778-pg641-part29:e3:o1:1
# text = It had one head and three open mouths
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mouths	mouth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | It | one head and three open mouths |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was a huge snake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1778-pg641-part29:e3:o2:1
# text = It was a huge snake
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a huge snake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It possessed two heads and a golden tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1778-pg641-part29:e3:o3:1
# text = It possessed two heads and a golden tail
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possessed	possess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | past | It | two heads and a golden tail |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot head=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It possessed three heads and three open mouths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1778-pg641-part29:e3:o4:1
# text = It possessed three heads and three open mouths
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possessed	possess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mouths	mouth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | past | It | three heads and three open mouths |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot head=Theme |

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