--- title: What was the principal reason the Dragon was unable to pursue the Hi… — Book of Beasts, The Red Dragon, part 3… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal reason the Dragon was unable to pursue the Hippogriff successfully? Exam question 2 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, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/635-pg23661-part3/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Book of Beasts, The Red Dragon, part 3: Lionel summons a M… What was the principal reason the Dragon was unable to pursue the Hippogriff successfully? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dragon · **What happens:** be, pursue · **To what, where:** principal reason, Hippogriff This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e2:1 # text = What was the principal reason the Dragon was unable to pursue the Hippogriff successfully? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 pursue pursue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Hippogriff hippogriff NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 successfully successfully ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the principal reason | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the Dragon | the principal reason *not said here* | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **pursue** | to-infinitive | the Dragon *not said here* | the Hippogriff | | | | successfully *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hippogriff=Theme | 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 inferiority of his wings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e2:o1:1 # text = the inferiority of his wings 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 inferiority inferiority NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the fact that the inferiority of his wings was obvious ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e2:o2:1 # text = the fact that the inferiority of his wings was obvious 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 inferiority inferiority NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 obvious obvious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the fact the inferiority of his wings | | | | | obvious *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} the inferiority of his wings compared to the Hippogriff's ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e2:o3:1 # text = the inferiority of his wings compared to the Hippogriff's 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 inferiority inferiority NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 compared compare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Hippogriff Hippogriff PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compare** | past | the inferiority of inferiority's wings | | | | | to the Hippogriff | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} the shortness of his tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e2:o4:1 # text = the shortness of his tail 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shortness shortness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 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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