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title: According to the passage, what became of the History of Rotundia aft… — Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5:… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the passage, what became of the History of Rotundia after it fell from the Lord Chief Schoolmaster's pocket? Exam question 2 of lesson 637 «Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dragon and the prize is eaten» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 2 · Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dra…

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According to the passage, what became of the History of Rotundia after it fell from the Lord Chief Schoolmaster's pocket?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage, History · **What happens:** accord, become, fall · **To what, where:** pocket

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 637 «Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dragon and the prize is eaten» 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/637-pg23661-part5/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:e2:1
# text = According to the passage, what became of the History of Rotundia after it fell from the Lord Chief Schoolmaster's pocket?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
7	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	History	History	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Rotundia	Rotundia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Chief	Chief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Schoolmaster	Schoolmaster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **become** | past | the passage |  |  |  |  | of the History of Rotundia | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fall** | past | History |  |  | the Chief Schoolmaster's pocket |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from pocket=Initial\_Location |

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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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It was picked up and returned to the Schoolmaster later on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:e2:o1:1
# text = It was picked up and returned to the Schoolmaster later on
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | late *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **return** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the Schoolmaster *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to schoolmaster=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It was swallowed whole by the dragon after he sniffed it closely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:e2:o2:1
# text = It was swallowed whole by the dragon after he sniffed it closely
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sniffed	sniff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | past · passive | the dragon | It |  |  |  | whole *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **sniff** | past | dragon | it |  |  |  | closely *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

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It was consumed by the dragon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:e2:o3:1
# text = It was consumed by the dragon
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | past · passive | the dragon | It |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The dog chewed it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:e2:o4:1
# text = The dog chewed it up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chewed	chew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew up** | past | the dog | it |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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