--- title: Which of the following is the correct account of the dragon's transf… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's You… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following is the correct account of the dragon's transformation? Exam question 4 of lesson 1806 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part 57: the princess beats three monsters and swaps the genius's flowers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1806-pg641-part57/e4/) [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/) / [Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's You…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1806-pg641-part57/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part… Which of the following is the correct account of the dragon's transformation? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dragon · **What happens:** follow, be, transform This is exam question 4 of lesson 1806 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part 57: the princess beats three monsters and swaps the genius's flowers» 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/1806-pg641-part57/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:e4:1 # text = Which of the following is the correct account of the dragon's transformation? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 case _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 transformation transformation NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **is** | present | | | | | | of the correct account; of the dragon's transformation | tree rules | | 3 | **transform** | | the dragon | | | | | | nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=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 {#o1} The dragon turned into a wolf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:e4:o1:1 # text = The dragon turned into a wolf 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | the dragon | | | a wolf | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into wolf=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The dragon became a man, revealed to be the emperor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:e4:o2:1 # text = The dragon became a man, revealed to be the emperor 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 revealed reveal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | the dragon | a man | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **reveal** | participle | | a man *not said here* | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the emperor | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The dragon shrank into a small boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:e4:o3:1 # text = The dragon shrank into a small boy 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shrank shrink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shrink** | past | the dragon | | | | | into a small boy *result* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent into boy=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} The dragon transformed into a man, who was revealed to be the emperor himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:e4:o4:1 # text = The dragon transformed into a man, who was revealed to be the emperor himself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 transformed transform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 revealed reveal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:agent _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 14 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transform** | participle | | the dragon *not said here* | | | | into a man *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into man=Result | | 2 | **reveal** | past · passive | the emperor | the dragon | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the emperor | | | | | tree rules | **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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