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title: What do they reckon St. George was on about with the weather? — Book of Dragons, The Last of the Drago… · tree and pragmatics
description: What do they reckon St. George was on about with the weather? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmati
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# Test 8 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry an…

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What do they reckon St. George was on about with the weather?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they, George · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** weather

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:t8:1
# text = What do they reckon St. George was on about with the weather?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:desc	_	_
6	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present · do-support | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | past | George  St. |  |  | the weather |  | about *property* | tree rules |

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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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Dragons can't stand wet and cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:t8:o1:1
# text = Dragons can't stand wet and cold
1	Dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stand** | can | Dragons |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dragons fear the sea and the wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:t8:o2:1
# text = Dragons fear the sea and the wind
1	Dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fear	fear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | present | Dragons | the sea and the wind |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dragons hate rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:t8:o3:1
# text = Dragons hate rain
1	Dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | Dragons | rain |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rain=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dragons sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:641-pg23661-part9:t8:o4:1
# text = Dragons sleep
1	Dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | Dragons |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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