--- title: Is it true the papers finally said dragons, cos the editor got nabbed? — Book of Dragons, The Last of the Drago… · tree and pragmatics description: Is it true the papers finally said dragons, cos the editor got nabbed? Test 7 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/640-pg23661-part8/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 8: a dragon… Is it true the papers finally said dragons, cos the editor got nabbed? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, papers · **What happens:** be, say, nab · **To what, where:** dragons, editor · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:t7:1 # text = Is it true the papers finally said dragons, cos the editor got nabbed? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 csubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 papers paper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 finally finally ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 editor editor NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 nabbed nab VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the papers | dragons | | | | finally *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dragon=Topic | | 3 | **nab** | past · passive | | the editor | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 {#o1} nah, they kept lizards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:t7:o1:1 # text = nah, they kept lizards 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 lizards lizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | they | lizards | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, the editor fled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:t7:o2:1 # text = yeah, the editor fled 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 editor editor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | the editor | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} yeah, they finally said dragons after he got nabbed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:t7:o3:1 # text = yeah, they finally said dragons after he got nabbed 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 finally finally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 nabbed nab VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they | dragons | | | | finally *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dragon=Topic | | 2 | **nab** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, he got carried off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:640-pg23661-part8:t7:o4:1 # text = yeah, he got carried off 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry off** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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