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title: State the purpose for which the sealskin dwarfs kindled their fires. — The Magic City, The North Pole, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the purpose for which the sealskin dwarfs kindled their fires. Exam question 3 of lesson 645 «The Magic City, The North Pole, part 13: George and Jane meet a frozen dragon and are tied up by sealskin dwarfs.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 3 · The Magic City, The North Pole, part 13: George and Jane m…

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State the purpose for which the sealskin dwarfs kindled their fires.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** State purpose, dwarfs · **What happens:** kindle, fire · **To what, where:** fires

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 645 «The Magic City, The North Pole, part 13: George and Jane meet a frozen dragon and are tied up by sealskin dwarfs.» 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/645-pg23661-part13/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:645-pg23661-part13:e3:1
# text = State the purpose for which the sealskin dwarfs kindled their fires.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sealskin	sealskin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	kindled	kindle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kindle** | past | the State purpose | dwarfs's fires |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fire=Product for which=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **fire** |  | dwarfs *= dwarf* |  |  |  |  |  | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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to thaw the dragon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:645-pg23661-part13:e3:o1:1
# text = to thaw the dragon
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	thaw	thaw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thaw** | to-infinitive |  | the dragon |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient dragon=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to melt the ice so the dragon could be woken up slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:645-pg23661-part13:e3:o2:1
# text = to melt the ice so the dragon could be woken up slowly
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	melt	melt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	woken	wake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | to-infinitive |  | the ice |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient ice=Result |
| 2 | **wake up** | could · passive |  | the dragon |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to melt the Pole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:645-pg23661-part13:e3:o3:1
# text = to melt the Pole
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	melt	melt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | to-infinitive |  | the Pole |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient pole=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to frighten the children and keep them away from the dragon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:645-pg23661-part13:e3:o4:1
# text = to frighten the children and keep them away from the dragon
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	frighten	frighten	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | to-infinitive |  | the children |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive |  | children *= child* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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