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title: How did the kids nick the dragon poison for Harry's face? — Book of Dragons, The Last of the Drago… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the kids nick the dragon poison for Harry's face? Test 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 4 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry an…

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How did the kids nick the dragon poison for Harry's face?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** nick · **To what, where:** dragon poison

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This is test 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:t4:1
# text = How did the kids nick the dragon poison for Harry's face?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	nick	nick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past · do-support | the kids | the dragon poison |  |  |  | for Harry's face | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent poison=Theme for face=Beneficiary |

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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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Their mum was busy making more of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:t4:o1:1
# text = Their mum was busy making more of it
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Their mum |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | Their mum *not said here* | more of it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset more=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They sneaked it out of the cupboard quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:t4:o2:1
# text = They sneaked it out of the cupboard quietly
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sneaked	sneak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak** | past | They | it |  | the cupboard |  | quietly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme out cupboard=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mum left the bottle on the kitchen table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:t4:o3:1
# text = Mum left the bottle on the kitchen table
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | Mum | the bottle |  | the kitchen table |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme on table=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The nurse gave it to them after they promised to be careful with the bottle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:t4:o4:1
# text = The nurse gave it to them after they promised to be careful with the bottle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the nurse | it | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to they=Recipient |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the bottle; careful *property* | tree rules |

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