--- title: What is the period of the dragon's daily slumber, expressed in minut… — The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the period of the dragon's daily slumber, expressed in minutes? Exam question 2 of lesson 649 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Nigel must work out the dragon's sleep, and the dragon turns to stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/649-pg23661-part17/e2/) [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/) / [The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/649-pg23661-part17/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Nigel must w… What is the period of the dragon's daily slumber, expressed in minutes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** period, dragon · **What happens:** be, express, slumber · **To what, where:** daily slumber This is exam question 2 of lesson 649 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Nigel must work out the dragon's sleep, and the dragon turns to stone» 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/649-pg23661-part17/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:e2:1 # text = What is the period of the dragon's daily slumber, expressed in minutes? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 slumber slumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the period of the dragon's daily slumber | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **express** | participle | | the dragon's daily slumber *not said here* | | | minute | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **slumber** | | the dragon | | | | | | nom slumber «state intransitive»: poss=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} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:e2:o1:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:e2:o2:1 # text = Four 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Five ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:e2:o3:1 # text = Five 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} One ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:e2:o4:1 # text = One 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 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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