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description: What was the consequence, as recorded in the text, of the Dragon's second visitation? Exam question 3 of lesson 634 «Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, takes the soccer game, and ends Parliament» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 3 · Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon fli…

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What was the consequence, as recorded in the text, of the Dragon's second visitation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dragon · **What happens:** be, record, visit · **To what, where:** consequence, text

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 634 «Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, takes the soccer game, and ends Parliament» 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/634-pg23661-part2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e3:1
# text = What was the consequence, as recorded in the text, of the Dragon's second visitation?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	17	amod	_	_
17	visitation	visitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the consequence and the Dragon's second visitation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **record** | participle |  | the consequence and the Dragon's second visitation *not said here* |  | the text |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=Destination |
| 3 | **visit** |  | the Dragon |  |  |  |  |  | nom visitation «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Chaos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e3:o1:1
# text = Chaos
1	Chaos	chaos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Parliament was sent home for a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e3:o2:1
# text = Parliament was sent home for a week
1	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | Parliament |  |  | week | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No Members

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e3:o3:1
# text = No Members
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	Members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Parliament was left with no Members

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e3:o4:1
# text = Parliament was left with no Members
1	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	Members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · passive |  | Parliament |  |  |  | with no Members | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with member=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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