--- title: Which creature did the King first release from the book in order to… — Book of Beasts, The Red Dragon, part 3… · tree and pragmatics description: Which creature did the King first release from the book in order to oppose the Dragon? Exam question 1 of lesson 635 «Book of Beasts, The Red Dragon, part 3: Lionel summons a Manticora, then a Hippogriff, and chases the Dragon to the Pebbly Waste» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/635-pg23661-part3/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/) / [Book of Beasts, The Red Dragon, part 3…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/635-pg23661-part3/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Book of Beasts, The Red Dragon, part 3: Lionel summons a M… Which creature did the King first release from the book in order to oppose the Dragon? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature · **What happens:** do, oppose · **To what, where:** King first release, book, Dragon This is exam question 1 of lesson 635 «Book of Beasts, The Red Dragon, part 3: Lionel summons a Manticora, then a Hippogriff, and chases the Dragon to the Pebbly Waste» 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/635-pg23661-part3/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e1:1 # text = Which creature did the King first release from the book in order to oppose the Dragon? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 creature creature 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 7 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 release release NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 14 mark _ _ 12 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 fixed _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 oppose oppose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which creature | the King first release | | the book | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent release=Eventuality | | 2 | **oppose** | to-infinitive | which creature *not said here* | the Dragon | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient | 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 Hippogriff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e1:o1:1 # text = the Hippogriff 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Hippogriff hippogriff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the Manticora from the Royal library book ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e1:o2:1 # text = the Manticora from the Royal library book 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Manticora Manticora PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 Royal Royal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 library library NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the Manticora ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e1:o3:1 # text = the Manticora 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Manticora Manticora PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the great golden Manticora of the old tales ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e1:o4:1 # text = the great golden Manticora of the old tales 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Manticora Manticora PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` 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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