--- title: What was the principal dietary preference of the largest dragon vari… — Book of Dragons, The Last of the Drago… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal dietary preference of the largest dragon variety observed in the narrative? Exam question 4 of lesson 640 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 8: a dragon in Effie's eye is followed by a plague of dragons across the land» of the books course of Mova's primary school --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/640-pg23661-part8/e4/) [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, The Last of the Drago…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/640-pg23661-part8/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 8: a dragon… What was the principal dietary preference of the largest dragon variety observed in the narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, observe · **To what, where:** principal dietary preference, largest dragon variety, narrative This is exam question 4 of lesson 640 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 8: a dragon in Effie's eye is followed by a plague of dragons across the land» 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/640-pg23661-part8/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:e4:1 # text = What was the principal dietary preference of the largest dragon variety observed in the narrative? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 dietary dietary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 preference preference NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 10 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 variety variety NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 12 observed observe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the principal dietary preference | | | | of the largest dragon variety | tree rules | | 2 | **observe** | participle | | the largest dragon variety *not said here* | | the narrative | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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} lilies of the valley and then horses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:e4:o1:1 # text = lilies of the valley and then horses 1 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} elephants, then horses, then cows, then the zoo's giraffes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:e4:o2:1 # text = elephants, then horses, then cows, then the zoo's giraffes 1 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 giraffes giraffe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} elephants, followed by horses and cows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:e4:o3:1 # text = elephants, followed by horses and cows 1 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | participle · passive | horses and cows | elephants | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} whole elephants, followed by horses, cows and sheep in the field ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:e4:o4:1 # text = whole elephants, followed by horses, cows and sheep in the field 1 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | participle · passive | horses and cows and sheep | whole elephants | | the field | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in field=Trajectory | **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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