--- title: Bruv, that dragon was mental, so what was its skin like? — Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadm… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, that dragon was mental, so what was its skin like? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 534 «Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadmus Founds Thebes: Cadmus follows a heifer, kills a dragon and sows its teeth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/534-pg22381-part40/t4/) [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/) / [Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadm…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/534-pg22381-part40/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadmus Founds Thebes: Ca… Bruv, that dragon was mental, so what was its skin like? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** skin This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 534 «Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadmus Founds Thebes: Cadmus follows a heifer, kills a dragon and sows its teeth» 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/534-pg22381-part40/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:t4:1 # text = Bruv, that dragon was mental, so what was its skin like? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Bruv | | | | | mental *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | | dragon's skin | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} tough black ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:t4:o1:1 # text = tough black 1 tough tough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} like armour of iron and leather ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:t4:o2:1 # text = like armour of iron and leather 1 like like ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} thick brown ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:t4:o3:1 # text = thick brown 1 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} hard and covered in bronze plates ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:t4:o4:1 # text = hard and covered in bronze plates 1 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 plates plate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | participle | | | | | | in bronze plates | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in plate=Theme | **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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