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title: What was the purpose of the blacksmith's departure from the dungeon? — Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the purpose of the blacksmith's departure from the dungeon? Exam question 3 of lesson 651 «Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Exam question 3 · Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: Jo…

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What was the purpose of the blacksmith's departure from the dungeon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose, departure, blacksmith · **What happens:** be, purpose, depart · **To what, where:** dungeon

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 651 «Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge» 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/651-pg23661-part19/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:e3:1
# text = What was the purpose of the blacksmith's departure from the dungeon?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	blacksmith	blacksmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the purpose of the blacksmith's departure from the dungeon |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | the blacksmith's departure from the dungeon |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **depart** |  | the blacksmith |  |  | the dungeon |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place |

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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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To fetch tools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:e3:o1:1
# text = To fetch tools
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tools	tool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | tools |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To collect more iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:e3:o2:1
# text = To collect more iron
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	collect	collect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collect** | to-infinitive |  | more iron |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iron=Theme |

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

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To procure additional rivets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:e3:o3:1
# text = To procure additional rivets
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	procure	procure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rivets	rivet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **procure** | to-infinitive |  | additional rivets |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rivet=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To repair the dragon's wing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:e3:o4:1
# text = To repair the dragon's wing
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	repair	repair	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repair** | to-infinitive |  | the dragon's wing |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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