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title: What was the ultimate fate of the dragon lying upon the sand? — The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the ultimate fate of the dragon lying upon the sand? Exam question 3 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 question and of e
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# Exam question 3 · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin…

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What was the ultimate fate of the dragon lying upon the sand?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dragon · **What happens:** be, lie · **To what, where:** ultimate fate, sand

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:e3:1
# text = What was the ultimate fate of the dragon lying upon the sand?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the ultimate fate |  |  |  | of the dragon | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | the dragon *not said here* |  |  | the sand |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon sand=Location |

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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 {#o1}

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It remained as a stone figure on the sand where children play every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:e3:o1:1
# text = It remained as a stone figure on the sand where children play every day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | past | It |  |  |  | day | as a stone figure on the sand | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | present | children |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was turned to rock by the Princess's spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:e3:o2:1
# text = It was turned to rock by the Princess's spell
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · passive | the Princess's spell | It |  | rock |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to rock=Trajectory |
| 2 | **spell** |  | the Princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It stayed as a statue where the children played

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:e3:o3:1
# text = It stayed as a statue where the children played
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | It |  |  |  |  | as a statue | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | past | the children |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It remained as a stone figure where children play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:e3:o4:1
# text = It remained as a stone figure where children play
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | past | It |  |  |  |  | as a stone figure | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | present | children |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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