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title: Which phrase accurately identifies the mode of travel the dragon ado… — The Magic City, the North Pole dragon… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase accurately identifies the mode of travel the dragon adopted after leaving the North Pole? Exam question 3 of lesson 646 «The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white feathers, a moth army, and a melting dragon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 3 · The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white…

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Which phrase accurately identifies the mode of travel the dragon adopted after leaving the North Pole?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** identify, adopt, leave · **To what, where:** mode, dragon, North Pole

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 646 «The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white feathers, a moth army, and a melting 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/646-pg23661-part14/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:e3:1
# text = Which phrase accurately identifies the mode of travel the dragon adopted after leaving the North Pole?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mode	mode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
11	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | present | which phrase | the mode of travel |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mode=Theme |
| 2 | **adopt** | participle |  | the dragon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **leave** | gerund |  | the North Pole |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He crawled south.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:e3:o1:1
# text = He crawled south.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crawled	crawl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	south	south	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | past | He |  |  |  |  | south *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He travelled southward down the slide carrying the children on his back.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:e3:o2:1
# text = He travelled southward down the slide carrying the children on his back.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	southward	southward	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	slide	slide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past | He |  |  | the slide |  | southward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down slide=Trajectory |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund | He *not said here* | the children |  | his back |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He crawled southward along the great slide with the children on his back.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:e3:o3:1
# text = He crawled southward along the great slide with the children on his back.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crawled	crawl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	southward	southward	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	slide	slide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | past | He |  |  | his back |  | along the great slide; with the children; southward *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along slide=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He flew south.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:e3:o4:1
# text = He flew south.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	south	south	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | He |  |  |  |  | south *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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