--- title: What were the rubies actually good for, like, besides looking pretty? — The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D… · tree and pragmatics description: What were the rubies actually good for, like, besides looking pretty? Test 7 · ★ 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/650-pg23661-part18/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin… What were the rubies actually good for, like, besides looking pretty? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, look This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:t7:1 # text = What were the rubies actually good for, like, besides looking pretty? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rubies ruby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 actually actually ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 like like INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 besides besides ADP IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 13 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | actually, good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | pretty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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} Throwing them into the fields so the land got ploughed up overnight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:t7:o1:1 # text = Throwing them into the fields so the land got ploughed up overnight 1 Throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 ploughed plough VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 overnight overnight ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | into the fields *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer they=Theme into field=Result | | 2 | **plough up** | past · passive | | the land | | | | overnight *property* | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Putting them in the fields to grow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:t7:o2:1 # text = Putting them in the fields to grow 1 Putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | gerund | | them *= they* | | the fields | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in field=Destination | | 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Selling them for gold to buy seed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:t7:o3:1 # text = Selling them for gold to buy seed 1 Selling sell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | for gold | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme for gold=Asset | | 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | | seed | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Throwing in fields so they got ploughed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:t7:o4:1 # text = Throwing in fields so they got ploughed 1 Throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 csubj:pass _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 ploughed plough VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | gerund | | | | fields | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in field=Destination | | 2 | **plough** | past · passive | | fields *= field* | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Initial\_Location | **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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