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title: By what means did Tom first become aware of the dragon's intentions? — Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The P… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Tom first become aware of the dragon's intentions? Exam question 3 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, with the depe
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# Exam question 3 · Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6…

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By what means did Tom first become aware of the dragon's intentions?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dragon · **What happens:** mean, become, intend · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e3:1
# text = By what means did Tom first become aware of the dragon's intentions?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
7	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	aware	aware	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	intentions	intention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **become** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | aware, first *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **intend** |  | the dragon |  |  |  |  |  | nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He observed a meaningful glance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e3:o1:1
# text = He observed a meaningful glance
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	observed	observe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	glance	glance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | past | He | a meaningful glance |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent glance=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He overheard a whispered plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e3:o2:1
# text = He overheard a whispered plan
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	overheard	overhear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whispered	whisper	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overhear** | past | He | a whispered plan |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus |
| 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He noticed a sneaky wink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e3:o3:1
# text = He noticed a sneaky wink
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wink	wink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | He | a sneaky wink |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer wink=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He heard a rumour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e3:o4:1
# text = He heard a rumour
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | He | a rumour |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus |

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