--- title: In what manner did the lion and eagle halves of the griffin come to… — The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did the lion and eagle halves of the griffin come to perish? Exam question 2 of lesson 650 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin dies and the whirlpools are explained» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/650-pg23661-part18/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/650-pg23661-part18/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin… In what manner did the lion and eagle halves of the griffin come to perish? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, come, perish · **To what, where:** lion, manner This is exam question 2 of lesson 650 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin dies and the whirlpools are explained» 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/650-pg23661-part18/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:e2:1 # text = In what manner did the lion and eagle halves of the griffin come to perish? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 halves half NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the lion and eagle halves of the griffin | | what manner | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Eventuality | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **perish** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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} Each thought the other was an enemy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:e2:o1:1 # text = Each thought the other was an enemy 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 fixed _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Each | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the enemy | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Each half believed it was attacking the other creature ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:e2:o2:1 # text = Each half believed it was attacking the other creature 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 3 nsubj _ _ 3 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 attacking attack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | each half | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **attack** | past · progressive | half | the other creature | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They fought each other ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:e2:o3:1 # text = They fought each other 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 2 obj _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 fixed _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | They | each | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They fought a lion in the garden ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:e2:o4:1 # text = They fought a lion in the garden 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | They | a lion | | the garden | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Co-Agent | **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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