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# Exam question 2 · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and…

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With reference to the passage, what did the children state the second giant consumed with his meal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage, children · **What happens:** do, state, consume · **To what, where:** second giant

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 653 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and Tina trick the dragon back into chains, and he becomes the first cat» 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/653-pg23661-part21/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:e2:1
# text = With reference to the passage, what did the children state the second giant consumed with his meal?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	state	state	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
14	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the passage |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present | the children | the second giant |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent giant=Topic |
| 3 | **consume** | participle |  | the second giant *not said here* |  |  |  | with giant's meal | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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Wild dragons, served with bread sauce and roasted whole on a silver platter for the feast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:e2:o1:1
# text = Wild dragons, served with bread sauce and roasted whole on a silver platter for the feast
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
9	roasted	roast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	platter	platter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | participle |  | Wild dragons *not said here* |  |  |  | with bread sauce | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sauce=Theme |
| 2 | **roast** | past | Wild dragons |  |  |  |  | for the feast; on a silver platter; whole *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent on platter=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Roast geese, served with apple sauce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:e2:o2:1
# text = Roast geese, served with apple sauce
1	Roast	roast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | participle · passive |  | Roast geese |  |  |  | with apple sauce | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with sauce=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wild dragons, served with bread sauce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:e2:o3:1
# text = Wild dragons, served with bread sauce
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | participle · passive |  | Wild dragons |  |  |  | with bread sauce | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with sauce=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wild goats, served with mint sauce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:653-pg23661-part21:e2:o4:1
# text = Wild goats, served with mint sauce
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | participle · passive |  | Wild goats |  |  |  | with mint sauce | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with sauce=Theme |

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