--- title: Which feature of the purple dragon is described by means of a compar… — Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5:… · tree and pragmatics description: Which feature of the purple dragon is described by means of a comparison to a toadstool? Exam question 3 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/637-pg23661-part5/e3/) [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, Tom and the Dragon, part 5:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/637-pg23661-part5/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dra… Which feature of the purple dragon is described by means of a comparison to a toadstool? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** describe, mean, feature · **To what, where:** feature, purple dragon This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:e3:1 # text = Which feature of the purple dragon is described by means of a comparison to a toadstool? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 feature feature NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 comparison comparison NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 toadstool toadstool NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | which feature of the purple dragon | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | of a comparison to a toadstool | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **feature** | | | the purple dragon | | | | | nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=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 thick round body near its tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:e3:o1:1 # text = The thick round body near its tail 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Its great spiky head and neck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:e3:o2:1 # text = Its great spiky head and neck 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 spiky spiky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Its wings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:e3:o3:1 # text = Its wings 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Its head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:e3:o4:1 # text = Its head 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 head head NOUN NN 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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