--- title: Which of the following identifies the substance which Harry applied… — Book of Dragons, The Last of the Drago… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following identifies the substance which Harry applied to the sculpture of St. George? Exam question 4 of lesson 641 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry and Effie seek St. George, fail to wake him, and are seized by a dragon» of the books course of Mova's primary sc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/641-pg23661-part9/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/641-pg23661-part9/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry an… Which of the following identifies the substance which Harry applied to the sculpture of St. George? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** substance · **What happens:** follow, identify, apply · **To what, where:** substance This is exam question 4 of lesson 641 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry and Effie seek St. George, fail to wake him, and are seized by a dragon» 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/641-pg23661-part9/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:e4:1 # text = Which of the following identifies the substance which Harry applied to the sculpture of St. George? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 nsubj _ _ 5 identifies identify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 Harry Harry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 applied apply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sculpture sculpture NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:desc _ _ 16 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **identify** | present | | the substance | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent substance=Theme | | 3 | **apply** | past | the substance | | | | | to the sculpture of George St. | vn use-105.1 «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} Green ointment ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:e4:o1:1 # text = Green ointment 1 Green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 ointment ointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Paint ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:e4:o2:1 # text = Paint 1 Paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A thick paste made from the vicar's garden herbs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:e4:o3:1 # text = A thick paste made from the vicar's garden herbs 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 paste paste NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 vicar vicar NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | participle | | a thick paste *not said here* | | the vicar's garden herbs | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from herb=Material | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Dragon poison ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:e4:o4:1 # text = Dragon poison 1 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 poison poison 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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