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title: According to the narrative, what did the rich lady order from John? — Book of Dragons, The Last of the Drago… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the narrative, what did the rich lady order from John? Exam question 2 of lesson 652 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dragon minds the baby, then fights a giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 2 · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dra…

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According to the narrative, what did the rich lady order from John?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrative · **What happens:** accord, do · **To what, where:** rich lady order, John

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 652 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dragon minds the baby, then fights a giant» 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/652-pg23661-part20/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:e2:1
# text = According to the narrative, what did the rich lady order from John?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past | the narrative | the rich lady order |  | John |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Eventuality |

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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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a pair of shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:e2:o1:1
# text = a pair of shoes
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a set of tools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:e2:o2:1
# text = a set of tools
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tools	tool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a set of spurs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:e2:o3:1
# text = a set of spurs
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spurs	spur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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a complete set of shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:e2:o4:1
# text = a complete set of shoes
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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