--- title: Which object did the Dragon regard upon the Pebbly Waste before he r… — Rotundia Tales, Uncle James or The Pur… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the Dragon regard upon the Pebbly Waste before he returned to his illustration? Exam question 1 of lesson 636 «Rotundia Tales, Uncle James or The Purple Stranger, part 4: the Dragon goes back into his picture, and the island that spun the wrong way gives Rotundia its wrong-sized ani --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/636-pg23661-part4/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/) / [Rotundia Tales, Uncle James or The Pur…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/636-pg23661-part4/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Rotundia Tales, Uncle James or The Purple Stranger, part 4… Which object did the Dragon regard upon the Pebbly Waste before he returned to his illustration? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, return, illustrate · **To what, where:** Dragon regard This is exam question 1 of lesson 636 «Rotundia Tales, Uncle James or The Purple Stranger, part 4: the Dragon goes back into his picture, and the island that spun the wrong way gives Rotundia its wrong-sized animals» 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/636-pg23661-part4/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:636-pg23661-part4:e1:1 # text = Which object did the Dragon regard upon the Pebbly Waste before he returned to his illustration? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object 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 6 det _ _ 5 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 regard regard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 upon upon 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 6 nmod _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 illustration illustration NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | the Dragon regard | | | | upon the Pebbly Waste | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regard=Eventuality | | 2 | **return** | past | object | | | | | to object's illustration *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to illustration=Result | | 3 | **illustrate** | | object | | | | | | nom illustration «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} The Golden Crown ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:636-pg23661-part4:e1:o1:1 # text = The Golden Crown 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Crown Crown PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Pebble ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:636-pg23661-part4:e1:o2:1 # text = The Pebble 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Pebble pebble NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Book of Beasts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:636-pg23661-part4:e1:o3:1 # text = The Book of Beasts 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Book Book PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Beasts Beast PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Spinning Rock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:636-pg23661-part4:e1:o4:1 # text = The Spinning Rock 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Spinning Spinning PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Rock Rock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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