--- title: Which character is described by the narrator as both a magician and… — Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The P… · tree and pragmatics description: Which character is described by the narrator as both a magician and an uncle named James? Exam question 1 of lesson 638 «Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6: the dragon's birthday plot is revealed and the Princess is offered as a present» of the books course of Mova's primary --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/638-pg23661-part6/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/) / [Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The P…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/638-pg23661-part6/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6… Which character is described by the narrator as both a magician and an uncle named James? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrator · **What happens:** describe, name · **To what, where:** character, uncle This is exam question 1 of lesson 638 «Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6: the dragon's birthday plot is revealed and the Princess is offered as a present» 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/638-pg23661-part6/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e1:1 # text = Which character is described by the narrator as both a magician and an uncle named James? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 both both CCONJ CC _ 11 cc:preconj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 15 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | the narrator | which character | | | | as a magician and a uncle | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as magician=Attribute | | 2 | **name** | participle | | a uncle *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} the King ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e1:o1:1 # text = the King 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Uncle James ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e1:o2:1 # text = Uncle James 1 Uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the dragon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e1:o3:1 # text = the dragon 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Tom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e1:o4:1 # text = Tom 1 Tom Tom 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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