--- title: Which object did the shepherd retain as proof of his deed after the… — Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Drago… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the shepherd retain as proof of his deed after the death of the dragon? Exam question 1 of lesson 1941 «Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back» of the books --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1941-pg7277-part78/e1/) [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/) / [Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Drago…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1941-pg7277-part78/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's do… Which object did the shepherd retain as proof of his deed after the death of the dragon? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, shepherd, dragon · **What happens:** do, retain, proof, die · **To what, where:** shepherd, deed This is exam question 1 of lesson 1941 «Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back» 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/1941-pg7277-part78/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e1:1 # text = Which object did the shepherd retain as proof of his deed after the death of the dragon? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 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 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 retain retain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | the shepherd | | | after the death of the dragon | as proof of object's deed | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Eventuality | | 2 | **retain** | present | the shepherd *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **proof** | | | object's deed | | | | | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **die** | | the dragon | | | | | | nom death «event 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} the two front teeth of the dragon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e1:o1:1 # text = the two front teeth of the dragon 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the golden crown of the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e1:o2:1 # text = the golden crown of the king 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crown** | | | the king | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} the two front teeth of the dragon, pulled from its jaw ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e1:o3:1 # text = the two front teeth of the dragon, pulled from its jaw 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 jaw jaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | participle | | | | | | from dragon's jaw | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from jaw=Co-Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} the two front teeth of the dragon and its great burning scales ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e1:o4:1 # text = the two front teeth of the dragon and its great burning scales 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 burning burning NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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