--- title: Which part of the lad's body was severed by the dragon's bite prior… — English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-C… · tree and pragmatics description: Which part of the lad's body was severed by the dragon's bite prior to its death? Exam question 1 of lesson 261 «English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf: the boy kills the dragon and wins the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/261-pg14241-part28/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-C…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/261-pg14241-part28/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf: the boy kills t… Which part of the lad's body was severed by the dragon's bite prior to its death? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bite, dragon, part · **What happens:** sever, bite, die · **To what, where:** part This is exam question 1 of lesson 261 «English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf: the boy kills the dragon and wins the princess» 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/261-pg14241-part28/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:261-pg14241-part28:e1:1 # text = Which part of the lad's body was severed by the dragon's bite prior to its death? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 severed sever VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 18 case _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sever** | past · passive | the dragon's bite | which part of the lad's body | | | | prior part's death | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **bite** | | the dragon | | | | | | nom bite «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 3 | **die** | | part | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 {#o1} the thumb ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:261-pg14241-part28:e1:o1:1 # text = the thumb 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the left ear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:261-pg14241-part28:e1:o2:1 # text = the left ear 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the middle finger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:261-pg14241-part28:e1:o3:1 # text = the middle finger 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the forefinger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:261-pg14241-part28:e1:o4:1 # text = the forefinger 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 forefinger forefinger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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