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title: What physical condition afflicted the Dragon at the Pebbly Waste, as… — Book of Beasts, The Red Dragon, part 3… · tree and pragmatics
description: What physical condition afflicted the Dragon at the Pebbly Waste, as the narrative states? Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Book of Beasts, The Red Dragon, part 3: Lionel summons a M…

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What physical condition afflicted the Dragon at the Pebbly Waste, as the narrative states?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** physical condition · **What happens:** afflict · **To what, where:** Dragon, Pebbly Waste

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e4:1
# text = What physical condition afflicted the Dragon at the Pebbly Waste, as the narrative states?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	afflicted	afflict	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Pebbly	pebbly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **afflict** | past | physical condition | the Dragon |  | the Pebbly Waste |  | as the narrative states | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer dragon=Result |

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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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excessive heat from the sun and a dry, dusty throat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = excessive heat from the sun and a dry, dusty throat
1	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a sore head from the ride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = a sore head from the ride
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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excessive heat from the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = excessive heat from the sun
1	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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excessive heat from the blazing sun and no shade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:635-pg23661-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = excessive heat from the blazing sun and no shade
1	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	blazing	blazing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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